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Amends 42 U.S.C. 5207(a) by modifying punctuation in existing paragraphs (3) and (4) and adding new paragraphs (5)–(8) that bar federal officers and others acting under color of federal law, or receiving federal funds, from prohibiting the possession, manufacture, sale, or transfer of arms (as protected by the Second Amendment), ammunition, ammunition feeding devices, or firearms accessories during support of relief from a major disaster or emergency.
Adds a limitation to the Secretary's authority under 42 U.S.C. 247d (section 319 of the Public Health Service Act) prohibiting the Secretary from declaring a public health emergency for the purpose of imposing gun control.
Stops federal officials from using emergency or disaster powers to impose gun control. It bars the President from invoking the National Emergencies Act or the Stafford Act for that purpose and blocks the HHS Secretary from using Public Health Service Act emergency authority to regulate firearms. Strengthens disaster law protections by preventing federal officers from banning the possession, manufacture, sale, or transfer of arms, ammunition, magazines, or firearm accessories while acting under disaster authorities. It makes technical edits to existing Stafford Act language but does not change existing federal firearms laws outside the emergency context.
Prohibits the President or any designee from declaring an emergency for the purpose of imposing gun control under the National Emergencies Act or from declaring an emergency or major disaster for that purpose under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring a public health emergency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act when the declaration would be made for the purpose of imposing gun control.
In paragraph (3) of Section 706(a), strike the existing text (unspecified) and insert a semicolon (punctuation change).
In paragraph (4) of Section 706(a), strike the existing period and insert a semicolon (punctuation change).
Add new paragraph (5) to Section 706(a) to prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, or transfer of arms, as protected by the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced March 11, 2025 by Michael Cloud · Last progress March 11, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House