[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 507]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 14. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 22, to designate certain land components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs 
and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Agriculture, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. USE OF FIREARMS IN UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK 
                   SYSTEM AND THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.

       (a) Congressional Finding.--Congress finds that the Second 
     Amendment to the Constitution provides that ``the right of 
     the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed''.
       (b) Protecting the Right of Individuals to Bear arms in 
     Units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife 
     Refuge System.--A person may possess, carry, and transport 
     concealed, loaded, and operable firearms within a national 
     park area or national wildlife refuge area in accordance with 
     the laws of the State in which the national park area, or 
     that portion thereof, is located, except as otherwise 
     prohibited by applicable Federal law.

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