[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6375]
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  SA 3538. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2023 through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 
                   FURTHER RESTRICT THE RIGHT OF LAW-ABIDING 
                   AMERICANS TO OWN A FIREARM.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that 
     further restricts the right of law-abiding individuals in the 
     United States to own a firearm in any year covered by the 
     budget resolution.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``further 
     restriction on the right of law-abiding individuals in the 
     United States to own a firearm'' means any further 
     restriction on the right of law-abiding individuals in the 
     United States to own a firearm not contained in law prior to 
     the consideration of the concurrent resolution on the budget, 
     including but not limited to any legislation that--
       (1) prohibits, increases restrictions on, or regulates the 
     manufacture or ownership of any firearm that is permitted 
     under Federal law prior to the consideration of the 
     concurrent resolution on the budget;
       (2) prohibits the manufacture or possession of specified 
     categories of firearms based on the characteristics of such 
     firearms that are permitted to be manufacture or possessed 
     under Federal law prior to the consideration of the 
     concurrent resolution on the budget;
       (3) prohibits specific firearms or categories of firearms 
     that are permitted under Federal law prior to the 
     consideration of the concurrent resolution on the budget;
       (4) limits the size of ammunition feeding devices or 
     prohibits categories of ammunition feeding devices that are 
     permitted under Federal law prior to the consideration of the 
     concurrent resolution on the budget;
       (5) requires background checks through a Federal firearms 
     licensee for private transfers of firearms if the transfers 
     do not require a background check under Federal law prior to 
     the consideration of the concurrent resolution on the budget;
       (6) establishes a record-keeping system for the sale of 
     firearms not established prior to the consideration of the 
     concurrent resolution of the budget; or
       (7) imposes prison sentences for sales, gifts, or raffles 
     of firearms to veterans who are unknown to the transferor as 
     a person prohibited from possessing a firearm that would not 
     otherwise be imposed under Federal law prior to the 
     consideration of the concurrent resolution on the budget.
       (c) Super Majority Waiver and Appeal.--
       (1) Waiver.--In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the 
     Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 
     point of order raised under subsection (a).
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