Sec. 116. Study by the National Institutes of Justice and National Academy of Sciences on the causes of mass shootings
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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 study to examine various sources and causes of mass shootings including psychological factors, the impact of violent video games, and other factors. The Director shall enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct this study jointly with an independent panel of 5 experts appointed by the Academy. Not later than 1 year after the date on which the study required under paragraph
(1)begins, the Directors shall submit to Congress a report detailing the findings of the study. The study conducted under subsection (a)(1) shall examine— mental illness; the availability of mental health and other resources and strategies to help families detect and counter tendencies toward violence; the availability of mental health and other resources at schools to help detect and counter tendencies of students towards violence; the extent to which perpetrators of mass shootings, either alleged, convicted, deceased, or otherwise, played violent or adult-themed video games and whether the perpetrators of mass shootings discussed, planned, or used violent or adult-themed video games in preparation of or to assist in carrying out their violent actions; familial relationships, including the level of involvement and awareness of parents; exposure to bullying; and the extent to which perpetrators of mass shootings were acting in a copycat manner based upon previous violent events.