H.R.1307 - Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025
I will establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
Occurrences
H.R.1307 - Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025
Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2023
Evidence
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Sponsor: Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (Introduced 02/13/2025). Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced. Latest Action: House - 02/13/2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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The White House announced the creation of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention as part of the administration's gun-violence response.
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The White House announced the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and said it would be overseen by Vice President Harris, with Stefanie Feldman named director.
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Sponsor Frost introduced H.R. 1307 on February 13, 2025, and the official tracker showed the bill as introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
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Frost's office said he and Sen. Murphy reintroduced the Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act to establish a permanent DOJ office, after Trump dismantled and closed the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention less than 24 hours after taking office.
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Maxwell Frost as sponsor of H.R.1307, introduced February 13, 2025. The latest action remains referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary, and the tracker status is Introduced.
Assessments
The promised office was in fact created during Frost's House term when the Biden White House announced the Office of Gun Violence Prevention in September 2023, but the available evidence credits the executive branch rather than showing Frost himself established it. Frost did materially pursue the promise legislatively by sponsoring H.R. 1307 in 2025 to establish or reestablish a permanent office, but Congress.gov still showed that bill only introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee, not enacted. Because the outcome occurred through other officials with limited demonstrated Frost credit, and his own statutory effort remained unsuccessful, this merits partial credit rather than full delivery.
The Office of Gun Violence Prevention was created by White House executive action in September 2023, so the core outcome happened. But the record does not show Maxwell Frost himself establishing it; his 2025 H.R. 1307 was only introduced and referred, with no enactment. That supports partial credit rather than full delivery.
The Office of Gun Violence Prevention was created by White House executive action on September 22, 2023, while Maxwell Frost was serving in Congress, so the promised outcome existed in the same term. However, the evidence credits the Biden administration with creating the office, not Frost directly, and Frost's later bill to legislatively establish the office remained introduced and referred to committee. Because unrelated executive officials completed the concrete outcome with limited evidence of Frost's direct causal role, this warrants partial rather than full delivery, with an effort badge for his legislative attempt.