Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB4836
Legislation Overview
Title: Break the Cycle of Violence Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Crime prevention: Firearms and explosives: Government information and archives: Hospital care: Housing and community development funding: Performance measurement: State and local government operations: Violent crime: Community life and organization: Crime victims: Health programs administration and funding: Law enforcement administration and funding: Racial and ethnic relations
Description: Authorizes new grant programs to support violence intervention initiatives. Specifically, the Bureau of Justice Assistance must award grants for coordinated violence reduction initiatives in units of local government that are disproportionately impacted by gun and group-related violence. Additionally, the National Institutes of Health must award grants for hospital-based violence intervention programs that reduce the risk of violent injury and retaliation among high-risk patients.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 15, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4836/all-info
Companion Bill: SB2671
Sponsors
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31 sponsors: Steven Horsford (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Robin Kelly (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Thomas Suozzi (D); Joseph Neguse (D); Don Beyer (D); Cedric Richmond (D); Ann Kirkpatrick (D); Suzan DelBene (D); Donald Payne (D); Terri Sewell (D); Ed Case (D); Angela Craig (D); David Cicilline (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Grace Napolitano (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Sharice Davids (D); Dean Phillips (D); Jim Cooper (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Julia Brownley (D); Rebecca Sherrill (D); Suzanne Bonamici (D); Ted Lieu (D); Joyce Beatty (D); Lisa Rochester (D); Theodore Deutch (D); Salud Carbajal (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 7% (31 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 15, 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Oct 26, 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | Oct 23, 2019 | Introduced in House |
| House | Oct 23, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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. |
| House | Oct 23, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 31 2019 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
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