S.Amdt. 728

SA 728. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 649, to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. LIMITATION AND USE OF FUNDS BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services--(1) shall not use Federal funds to collect information on lawful gun owners for purposes of maintaining such information in any data base; (2) shall not use Federal funds to conduct research on the demographic profile of lawful gun owners; (3) shall not require vendors of the Department of Health and Human Services or health care providers to include in any electronic records maintained under the HITECH Act (Public Law 111-5), or any amendment made by that Act, data concerning whether a patient lawfully or safely owns or stores a gun or ammunition at home; and (4) shall, not less than annually, publicly disclose to Congress to what degree any Federal funds may be used for data collection and analysis regarding the mental health characteristics of individuals guilty of the unlawful ownership, possession, or use of a firearm or ammunition.