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Resolution · 119th Congress · HRES 835

Declaring gun violence a public health crisis.

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Introduced 2025-10-28Topic: public health · public safety

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

This resolution declares gun violence to be a public health crisis. It also urges the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand research and data collection on preventing gun violence and the Surgeon General to report on firearm injuries and violence prevention.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-10-28HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.refer
2025-10-28Submitted in Houserefer
2025-10-28Submitted in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-30. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.