Rep. Foushee Proposes $44 Million National Program to Study Gun Violence and Lift Research Bans
This bill is currently sitting in three different House committees and has not moved since September 2025. Nothing has happened with the bill for nine months. It must be reviewed by these committees before it can move forward, but it is not showing any signs of progress.
Gun policy is one of the most divided topics in Congress. Even though this bill focuses on research rather than bans, it faces a very difficult path in a split legislature.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 9253 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 9253 (118th) →Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
The bill would fund education and training for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars in gun violence research. It also directs NSF to award grants to universities to establish National Centers for Violence Research. This creates new academic opportunities and career paths in a research field that has been severely underfunded for decades.
“provide for the education and training of undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars in gun violence research”
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.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
No votes, news coverage, or related bills recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025
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