S.Amdt. 748

1. Adds SEC. 4_. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD FURTHER RESTRICT THE RIGHT OF LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS TO OWN A FIREARM at the end of subtitle A of title IV

   Adds a section

   In S.Con.Res. 11 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   In the Senate, for purposes of determining budgetary impacts to evaluate points of order under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this resolution, any previous budget resolution, and any subsequent budget resolution, provisions contained in any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that increases or extends the increase of, any guarantee fees of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation shall not be scored with respect to the level of budget authority, outlays, or revenues contained in such legislation.

   Inserted: SEC. 4_. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD FURTHER RESTRICT THE RIGHT OF LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS TO OWN A FIREARM.

   Inserted: (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 would place further restriction on the right of law-abiding individuals in the United States to own a firearm in any year covered by this resolution.

   Inserted: (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 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).

   Inserted: (c) 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 adoption of this resolution, including any legislation that--

   Inserted: (1) prohibits, increases restrictions on, or regulates the manufacture or ownership of any firearm that is permitted under Federal law prior to the adoption of this resolution;

   Inserted: (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 adoption of this resolution;

   Inserted: (3) prohibits specific firearms or categories of firearms that are permitted under Federal law prior to the adoption of this resolution;

   Inserted: (4) limits the size of ammunition feeding devices or prohibits categories of ammunition feeding devices that are permitted under Federal law prior to the adoption of this resolution;

   Inserted: (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 adoption of this resolution;

   Inserted: (6) establishes a record-keeping system for the sale of firearms not established prior to the adoption of this resolution; or

   Inserted: (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 adoption of this resolution.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:

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