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<dc:title>116 S4040 IS: Gun Owner Privacy Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2020-06-23</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>116th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4040</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20200623">June 23, 2020</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S405">Mrs. Loeffler</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/44">chapter 44</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, to protect the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Gun Owner Privacy Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="idB0AE9170BE57440D914061FCEE2F0CD4"><enum>2.</enum><header>Protection of Second Amendment rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFE74A1A9B66459DBCF9589A1A0030E0"><paragraph id="id02F67E0D71B049568063C0D1265CA429" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id26B90A5F99EC4E2CB2256A276DA55074"><enum>(A)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated pursuant to any provision of law may be used for—</text><clause indent="up1" id="idA1EB64BC43864D428E6C8F8285558F0B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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; or</text></clause><clause indent="up1" id="id73EBB669074A4FF28CB27BCF27FBCE09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="idE643DD2698E64247BE6DA2FA4175CC1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any person aggrieved by a violation of this paragraph may bring an action in the district court of the United States for the district in which the person resides.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id7478522F7CBC4E1EA3C558D12CC1F375"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any person who is successful with respect to an action brought under subparagraph (B) shall receive damages, punitive damages, and such other remedies as the court may determine to be appropriate, including a reasonable attorney's fee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></legis-body></bill> 

