[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 597 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 597

To amend section 922 of chapter 44 of title 28, United States Code, to 
   protect the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment to the 
                   Constitution of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 1999

  Mr. Smith of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
Enzi, and Mr. Murkowski) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 922 of chapter 44 of title 28, United States Code, to 
   protect the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment to the 
                   Constitution of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Second Amendment Rights Protection 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

    Subsection (t) of section 922 of chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following 
new paragraph:
            ``(7) None of the funds appropriated pursuant to any 
        provision of law may be used for (1) any system to implement 
        this subsection that does not require and result in the 
        immediate destruction of all information, in any form 
        whatsoever, submitted by or on behalf of any person who has 
        been determined not to be prohibited from owning a firearm; (2) 
        the implementation or collection of any tax or fee by any 
        officer, agent, or employee of the United States, or by any 
        state or local officer or agent acting on behalf of the United 
        States, in connection with the implementation of this 
        subsection; provided, that any person aggrieved by a violation 
        of this provision may bring an action in the Federal district 
        court for the district in which the person resides; provided 
        further, that any person who is successful with respect to any 
        such action shall receive damages, punitive damages, and such 
        other remedies as the court may determine to be appropriate, 
        including a reasonable attorney's fee.''.
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