[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1761 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1761

 To prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2019

  Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Meadows, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. 
 Hice of Georgia, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Collins of 
New York, Mr. Steube, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. Harris, Mr. King 
 of Iowa, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Norman, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Griffith, 
  Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Massie, Mr. Budd, Mr. Guest, Mr. 
Bishop of Utah, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Crawford, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Duncan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Gun Owner Registration Information 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF STATE FIREARM OWNERSHIP 
              DATABASES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
        American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and any 
        other territory or possession of the United States.
            (2) State firearm ownership database.--The term ``State 
        firearm ownership database'' means a comprehensive or partial 
        database of a State or political subdivision of a State that 
        lists--
                    (A) firearms lawfully owned or possessed by 
                individuals; or
                    (B) individuals who lawfully own or possess 
                firearms.
    (b) Prohibition.--A Federal agency may not fund or otherwise 
support the establishment or maintenance of a State firearm ownership 
database.
    (c) Exception.--Subsection (b) shall not apply to a database of a 
State or political subdivision of a State that lists--
            (1) firearms that have been reported as lost or stolen; or
            (2) individuals who have reported their firearms as lost or 
        stolen.
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