[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 125 (Tuesday, July 25, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 279. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1628, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2017; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROTECTION OF SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

       (a) Ensuring the Quality of Care.--Section 2717(c) of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-17(c)) is amended 
     by inserting ``, or the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 
     2017 or an amendment made by that Act,'' after ``the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by 
     that Act'' each place that term appears.
       (b) Federal Health Databases; NICS.--No funds made 
     available to the Department of Health and Human Services or 
     any other agency under this Act may be used to examine a 
     Federal health database for the name of an individual to be 
     submitted to the National Instant Criminal Background Check 
     System (commonly known as ``NICS'') established under section 
     103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 
     922 note).
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