[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 2972]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2634. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1805, to prohibit civil liability actions from being 
brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or 
importers of firearms or ammunition for damages resulting from the 
misuse of their products by others; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. __. PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF GUN OWNERS.

       (a) In General.--Section 922(t) of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(7)(A) No tax or fee may be implemented in connection 
     with the implementation of this subsection.
       ``(B) A system to implement this subsection shall require 
     the destruction of any identifying information submitted by 
     or on behalf of any person who has been determined not to be 
     prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm not more 
     than 24 hours after the system advises a Federal firearms 
     licensee that possession or receipt of a firearm by the 
     prospective transferee would not violate subsection (g) or 
     (n) of this section.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 120 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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  SA 2635. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Corzine) proposed an 
amendment to the bill S. 1805, to prohibit civil liability actions from 
being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, 
dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages resulting 
from the misuse of their products by others; as follows:

       On page 9, strike lines 1 and 2, and insert the following:

     product, when used as intended or when used in a manner that 
     is reasonably foreseeable, provided that the term 
     ``reasonably foreseeable'' means the reasonable anticipation 
     that harm or injury is likely to result.

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