[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2539 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2539

 To prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to advocate a position that is 
inconsistent with existing Supreme Court precedent with respect to the 
                           Second Amendment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2002

 Mr. Corzine (for himself and Mr. Torricelli) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to advocate a position that is 
inconsistent with existing Supreme Court precedent with respect to the 
                           Second Amendment.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS.

    No funds appropriated to the Department of Justice or any other 
agency may be used to file any brief or to otherwise advocate before 
any judicial or administrative body any position with respect to the 
meaning of the Second Amendment to the Constitution that is 
inconsistent with existing Supreme Court precedent, as expressed in 
United States v. Miller (307 U.S. 174 (1939)).
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