Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025

New DOJ Office to Reduce Gun Violence

This bill would require the Attorney General to create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention inside the DOJ Office of Legal Policy. The Attorney General would appoint a Director, and the office would take effect upon enactment. The office would coordinate DOJ gun-violence efforts, including the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). It would evaluate laws and programs, identify data gaps, and build a research plan. It would run public education and crisis-response activities and recommend policy options to the President and Congress. The Director would submit a report to Congress within one year and annually after that. The bill would authorize "such sums as are necessary" to operate the office, with funding subject to later appropriations. The Director would chair an Advisory Council the Attorney General must convene within 180 days and that must meet at least quarterly. The Council must include senior DOJ leaders and at least 12 outside members, including survivors, community violence workers, public health and trauma professionals, mental health clinicians, state justice and health officials, teachers, student representatives, and veterans.