Gun Safety Board and Research Act
Sponsored By: Representative DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a federal Gun Safety Board within the Department of Health and Human Services to lead research and public education aimed at reducing firearm violence. It would fund original studies, award grants, and publish annual findings and recommendations to inform policy at the federal, state, and local levels.
Show full summary
- Families and communities would gain public education and published findings on causes, effects, and prevention of firearm violence, including suicide, domestic violence, mass and school shootings, and unintentional shootings.
- Researchers and community groups would be eligible for grants, with at least half of the Act's appropriated funds directed to original research and public education on firearm violence reduction.
- Policymakers and federal partners would receive annual reports that list research gaps, recommend policy and funding actions, and assess the efficacy of existing and proposed laws; the board would have 22 appointed members and include representatives from 12 designated federal entities and key stakeholders.
*Would authorize appropriations of $5 million for each of the first two fiscal years and $25 million annually thereafter, and would bar reducing other federal gun violence research funds to finance it.*
Your PRIA Score
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New HHS Gun Safety Board and grants
HHS would set up a 22-member Gun Safety Board within one year. The board would do original research. It would publish yearly recommendations in the Federal Register and on an HHS site. Within two years, it would run a grant program that uses at least half of its funds for research and public education on gun violence. Congress would authorize $5 million in each of the first two budget years and $25 million each year after.
Protect research funds and define firearm
Agencies would be barred from cutting other federal gun violence research to pay for this program. The bill would also use the federal definition of firearm in 18 U.S.C. 921 to decide what is covered.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Thompson (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
View on Congress.gov