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Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

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.

S. 834Introduced Apr 5, 2017Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Sen. Edward Markey D-MA
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 5, 2017 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

34 cosponsors — 33 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Gary Peters (D-MI), John Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Tina Smith (D-MN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Tom Udall (D-NM) and 4 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Markey.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress

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Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.