[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5561 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5561

    To prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human 
   Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the 
                    purpose of imposing gun control.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2023

Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Crawford, Mr. 
  Rosendale, Mr. Womack, Mr. Walberg, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Norman, Mr. 
   Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Ogles, Mrs. 
   Boebert, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. 
 Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Gallagher, 
Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Feenstra, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. 
 Grothman, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Harris, Mr. Mooney, and Mr. 
    Steil) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human 
   Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the 
                    purpose of imposing gun control.

    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 ``Protecting the Right to Keep and 
Bear Arms Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DECLARATIONS BY PRESIDENT.

    The President (or any designee thereof) shall not, for the purpose 
of imposing gun control, declare an emergency pursuant to the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or an emergency or major 
disaster pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON DECLARATIONS BY HHS.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not, for the 
purpose of imposing gun control, declare a public health emergency 
pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d).

SEC. 4. FIREARMS POLICIES.

    Section 706(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5207(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period and inserting a 
        semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, or 
        transfer of arms, as protected by the Second Amendment to the 
        Constitution of the United States;
            ``(6) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, or 
        transfer of ammunition;
            ``(7) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, or 
        transfer of ammunition feeding devices; or
            ``(8) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, or 
        transfer of firearms accessories.''.
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