S.Amdt. 3591Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)
S.Amdt. 3591
Sponsored by
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)
Submitted August 10, 2021
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August 10, 2021
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SA 3591. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following: SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST MIDNIGHT GUN CONFISCATION ORDERS. (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 authorize middle-of-the-night raids on American homes for the purpose of confiscating guns, without due process, including the right to a hearing in which the gun owner shall be allowed to participate. (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). ______