Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation would create a back door for the justification of gun control through an arbitrary report of the US Surgeon General.
Title: To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.
Subject: Health: Congressional oversight: Emergency medical services and trauma care: Firearms and explosives: Government studies and investigations: Health information and medical records: Violent crime
Description: Requires the Surgeon General to report annually to Congress on the public health effects of gun violence, as well as on the status of actions taken to address such effects.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1114/all-info
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59 sponsors: Robin Kelly (D); Katherine Clark (D); Gerald Connolly (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Sean Maloney (D); Suzan DelBene (D); Bill Pascrell (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Brendan Boyle (D); Grace Napolitano (D); Steve Cohen (D); Jackie Speier (D); John Yarmuth (D); Al Green (D); Yvette Clarke (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); Danny Davis (D); Peter Welch (D); Stacey Plaskett (D); David Cicilline (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Daniel Lipinski (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Julia Brownley (D); Lauren Underwood (D); Seth Moulton (D); Diana DeGette (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Eliot Engel (D); Anna Eshoo (D); Brian Higgins (D); Ro Khanna (D); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D); Barbara Lee (D); Betty McCollum (D); Jerry McNerney (D); Gwen Moore (D); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D); Katie Porter (D); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D); John Sarbanes (D); Bennie Thompson (D); Susan Wild (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Elijah Cummings (D); Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D); Tom Malinowski (D); James McGovern (D); Val Demings (D); Jesus Garcia (D); Lisa Rochester (D); Steven Horsford (D); Peter DeFazio (D); Joseph Neguse (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Eric Swalwell (D); David Price (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Feb 8 2019 | Introduced in House |
House | Feb 8 2019 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Feb 22 2019 | federal bill text | bill text |
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Energy And Commerce
There have not been any votes on this bill