S. 1466 — Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025

This section defines terms for purposes of the Act: (1) Advisory Council as the Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence established under section 3; (2) appropriate committees as the Senate Committees on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Judiciary; the House Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary; and any other relevant congressional committee with jurisdiction over matters affecting victims of gun violence; (3) gun violence as suicide, homicide, domestic violence, hate crimes, youth violence, mass shootings, unintentional shootings, non-fatal shootings, and threats or exposure to violent acts involving firearms; (4) victim assistance professional as a medical professional (including emergency medical professionals), social worker, long-term services or care provider, or victim advocate who assists victims of gun violence; and (5) victim of gun violence as an individual wounded or threatened by gun violence, an individual who witnessed gun violence, or a relative, classmate, coworker, or other associate of an individual killed or wounded by gun violence.

This section establishes an Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence, with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as the lead agency and membership consisting of specified federal agency heads or designees (i.e., Secretaries of HHS, Justice, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans Affairs; Commissioner of Social Security; Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use; Directors of CDC, NIH, Office on Violence Against Women, Office for Victims of Crime, and Administration for Community Living; Chairman of the Legal Services Corporation; and other relevant agency heads), plus 2-5 victims of gun violence and 2-5 victim assistance professionals appointed by the HHS Secretary. The council must (1) assess victims' needs via surveys, review program effectiveness and best practices, and evaluate post-mass shooting compensation funds; (2) identify, promote, and disseminate information, resources, best practices, and contact details for victims' medical, financial, educational, housing, legal, mental health, and benefit needs via a public website and hard copies to Congress, Social Security Administration field offices, and state health, education, and attorney general offices; (3) submit an initial report within 180 days of enactment—covering best practices, gaps, and needed legislation—to congressional committees, state agencies, and attorneys general, with public online access; and (4) submit a follow-up report two years later to the same entities, with public online access. The council must also establish a public input process, including outreach to states, localities, and communities disproportionately affected by gun violence.