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H.R. 4821

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4821, the Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jul 29, 2025 by Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D) with 54 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Jul 29, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 4821 has 54 co-sponsors.

hb4821/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4821 IH: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-29
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4821  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 29, 2025   Ms. Strickland  (for herself,  Mr. Vargas ,  Ms. Norton ,  Ms. Brown ,  Mr. Beyer ,  Mr. Johnson of Georgia ,  Ms. Sewell ,  Mr. Torres of New York ,  Mr. Costa , and  Ms. Ross ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025  .
2.
Funding for research by CDC on firearms safety or gun violence prevention
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031 for the purpose of conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention under the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 201 et seq. ). The amount authorized to be appropriated by the preceding sentence is in addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for such purpose.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-07-29
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.

Sponsors

Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D) sponsors H.R. 4821, and 54 members have co-sponsored it, 9 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4821 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Jul 29, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4821 has taken 2 actions since Jul 29, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jul 29, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jul 29, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Energy and Commerce Committee

Votes

H.R. 4821 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 4821, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 4821 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

10 clients hired 10 firms and 40 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4821 in 23 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Clean Air and Water (quality), Education, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture, Energy/Nuclear.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGOProtect and improve water quality and protect against flood damage in the Chicago area.Illinois14$160K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS—Colorado14—
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA—Virginia14—
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS—District of Columbia13—
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES—District of Columbia12—
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC—Virginia12—
CROPLIFE AMERICA—District of Columbia11$20K
FDD ACTION—District of Columbia11—
GIFFORDS—District of Columbia11—
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC (TMA)—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS14—
O'CONNELL & DEMPSEY, LLC14$160K
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA14—
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS13—
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES12—
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.12—
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.11$20K
FDD ACTION11—
GIFFORDS11—
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (TMA)11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 40.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ADAM BANIG114
ANGELO VELTRI114
DUDLEY BROWN114
DUSTIN CURTIS114
MIA O'CONNELL114
PHILIP SMITH114
SHANNA PEEKS114
EARL HADLEY113
JENNIFER SCULLY113
KRISTOR COWAN113
MEGAN STOCKHAUSEN113
SARAH COHEN113
AIDAN JOHNSTON112
BENJAMIN SANDERSON112
ERICH PRATT112
JEAN PICHARDO112
JOHN VELLECO112
PAMELA DAVIDSON112
TOBIN SMITH112
ALEXANDRA KING111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC (TMA)TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (TMA)2025 first_quarter$1.2M1st Quarter - Report
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INCGUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.2025 fourth_quarter$545.7K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2026 first_quarter$490K1st Quarter - Report
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INCGUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.2025 third_quarter$465.1K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 fourth_quarter$450K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2026 second_quarter$410K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS2025 third_quarter$296.6K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS2026 second_quarter$293.3K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS2026 first_quarter$289.9K1st Quarter - Report
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2025 second_quarter$170K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS2025 fourth_quarter$136.3K4th Quarter - Report
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICAUNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA2025 first_quarter$105.4K1st Quarter - Report
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICAUNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA2025 third_quarter$94.8K3rd Quarter - Report
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICAUNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA2025 second_quarter$92.3K2nd Quarter - Report
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICAUNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA2025 fourth_quarter$90K4th Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIESASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES2025 first_quarter$76K1st Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIESASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES2025 first_quarter$70.4K1st Quarter - Amendme…
GIFFORDSGIFFORDS2025 third_quarter$70K3rd Quarter - Report
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGOO'CONNELL & DEMPSEY, LLC2025 fourth_quarter$40K4th Quarter - Report
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGOO'CONNELL & DEMPSEY, LLC2025 third_quarter$40K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4821 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4821’s is Health.

hr4821/policy-areas.txt
HealthAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4821, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. STRICKLAND:H.R. 4821.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H3665]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com