[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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