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S. 150 — what changed

Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

From Introduced in Senate to Reported in Senate. 1 section amended and 1 added between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.

Sec. 7 Study by National Institutes of Justice on mass shootings

(a)
added In general—
(1)
added Study— Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall instruct the Director of the National Institutes of Justice to conduct a peer-reviewed factual study of incidents of mass shootings in the United States. Any studies, research, data, or testimony the Director considers must be peer-reviewed, scientifically and methodologically sound, and otherwise bear the indicia of the highest degree of reliability within the relevant field of expertise.
(2)
added Report— Not later than 1 year after the date on which the study required under paragraph (1) begins, the Director shall submit to Congress a report detailing the findings of the study.
(b)
added Issues examined— In conducting the study under subsection (a)(1), the Director shall examine the impact, if any, upon perpetrators of mass shooting of each of the following:
(1)
added Childhood abuse or neglect.
(2)
added Exposure to criminal acts, including gang violence.
(3)
added Exposure to bullying.
(4)
added Mental illness.
(5)
added The effectiveness of, and resources available for, the mental health system in understanding, detecting, and countering tendencies toward violence.
(6)
added The availability of mental health and other resources and strategies to help families detect and counter tendencies toward violence.
(7)
added Familial relationships, including the level of involvement and awareness of parents in the lives of their children.
(8)
added School supportiveness, including the level of involvement and awareness of teachers and school administrators in the lives of their students, and the availability of mental health and other resources at schools to help detect and counter tendencies of students toward violence.
(9)
added School performance, academic success and persistence.
(10)
added The nature and impact of the alienation of the perpetrators of such incidents of violence from their schools, families, peer groups, and places of work.
(11)
added The availability and nature of firearms, including the means of acquiring such firearms.
(12)
added The availability of information regarding the construction of weapons, including explosive devices, and any impact of such information on such incidents of violence.
(13)
added Depictions of violence in the video game, media and entertainment industry.
(14)
added Poverty or other socioeconomic factors on creating tendencies toward violence.

removed If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

Sec. 78 Severability

added

added If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.