119th Congress

H.R. 5622

National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025

Introduced
In committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law

Sponsor: Valerie P. Foushee(D-NC)
Introduced: Sep 30, 2025
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees: House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; House Committee on the Judiciary
Official text: Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (13)

Original cosponsors (2)

Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA)
Maxwell Frost (D-FL)

Added later (11)

Chellie Pingree (D-ME) · Oct 14, 2025
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) · Oct 14, 2025
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) · Oct 14, 2025
Kevin Mullin (D-CA) · Oct 14, 2025
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) · Oct 14, 2025
André Carson (D-IN) · Oct 17, 2025
Dina Titus (D-NV) · Oct 17, 2025
S001193 · Oct 31, 2025
Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) · Dec 18, 2025
Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY) · Jan 13, 2026
Andrea Salinas (D-OR) · Mar 17, 2026

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025 This bill promotes gun violence research, including by • removing limitations on the use of firearms tracing data by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; • permitting funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services to be used for gun violence research; • establishing the National Gun Violence Research Program to promote gun violence research; and • authorizing competitive grants to support research into the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of gun violence.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

Sep 30, 2025 · House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 30, 2025
Introduced in House