Research program

(a) Establishment The President, acting through the Director, shall develop and implement a program to improve public health and safety through research on gun violence, to be known as the National Gun Violence Research Program, through activities carried out in collaboration with covered agencies that— (1) support gun violence research; (2) accelerate the translation of gun violence research into effective policy interventions to reduce the incidence of injury and death related to guns; (3) expand the number of researchers and students in the field of gun violence research; and (4) improve interagency planning and coordination of Federal Government activities relating to gun violence research. (b) Program activities A covered agency, in carrying out activities described in subsection (a) under the Program, shall— (1) award grants to individual investigators and interdisciplinary teams of investigators for projects related to gun violence research; (2) support projects funded under joint solicitations by a collaboration of not fewer than two covered agencies; (3) establish interdisciplinary research centers that are organized to investigate basic research questions and inform policy decisions relating to gun violence; (4) provide for the education and training of undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars in gun violence research; and (5) promote the development of voluntary consensus gun safety technical standards. (c) Interagency working group (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the National Science and Technology Council, shall establish or maintain an interagency working group on gun violence research. (2) Composition The working group established or maintained under paragraph (1) shall be chaired by the Director and include representatives from each covered agency. (3) Duties The Working Group shall— (A) oversee the planning, management, and coordination of the Program; (B) provide for coordination among covered agencies of Federal gun violence research and other activities undertaken pursuant to the Program; (C) establish and periodically update goals and priorities for the Program; and (D) develop, not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and update every 5 years, a strategic plan to guide the activities of the Program to meet the goals and priorities established under subparagraph (C). (d) Advisory committee (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Director, shall establish or maintain an advisory committee on gun violence research. (2) Composition The advisory committee established or maintained under paragraph (1) shall be composed of not fewer than 12 members, including, to the greatest extent practicable, representatives of research institutions, institutions of higher education, health care and social services providers, local government agencies, law enforcement, community-based organizations, and relevant nonprofit organizations who are qualified to provide advice on the Program. (3) Duties The advisory committee established or maintained under paragraph (1) shall assess— (A) the management, coordination, implementation, and activities of the Program; (B) the balance of activities and funding across the Program; (C) whether the Program priorities and goals developed by the interagency working group established under subsection (c) are helping to improve public health and safety; and (D) the need to revise the Program. (e) Covered agency defined In this section, the term covered agency means— (1) the National Science Foundation; (2) the National Institute for Standards and Technology; (3) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (4) the National Institutes of Health; (5) the National Institute of Justice; and (6) such other Federal agency as determined appropriate by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. (f) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry out this section $200,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031.