[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2853]
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  SA 728. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 359. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO FIREARMS AND 
                   AMMUNITION.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may collect or 
     record information about the lawful possession, ownership, 
     carrying, or other use of a privately owned firearm or 
     ammunition by members of the Armed Forces and civilian 
     employees of the Department of Defense if such information is 
     necessary for the purposes of injury and mortality 
     prevention.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1062(a) of the Ike 
     Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2011 (Public Law 111-383; 10 U.S.C. 1030 note prec.) is 
     amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
       (1) by striking ``prohibit,'' and inserting ``prohibit 
     or''; and
       (2) by striking ``, or collect or record any information 
     relating to''.
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