[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4057 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4057

To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry firearms 
                 in units of the National Park System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 2006

   Mr. Allen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL



To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry firearms 
                 in units of the National Park System.

    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 ``National Park Second Amendment 
Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the second amendment to the Constitution provides that 
        ``the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be 
        infringed'';
            (2) section 2.4(a)(1) of title 36, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, provides that ``except as otherwise provided in 
        this section and parts 7 (special regulations) and 13 (Alaska 
        regulations), the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a 
        weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) 
        Using a weapon, trap or net'';
            (3) the regulations described in paragraph (2) prevent 
        individuals complying with Federal and State laws from 
        exercising the second amendment rights of the individuals while 
        at units of the National Park System;
            (4) the existence of different laws relating to the 
        transportation and possession of firearms at different units of 
        the National Park System entraps law-abiding gun owners while 
        at units of the National Park System; and
            (5) the Federal laws should make it clear that the second 
        amendment rights of an individual at a unit of the National 
        Park System should not be infringed.

SEC. 3. USE OF FIREARMS IN UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), 
the possession or carrying of a firearm at a unit of the National Park 
System in compliance with Federal law and the law of the State in which 
the unit of the National Park System is located shall not be 
prohibited.
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