Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges the rights guaranteed by the Constitution, such as the right to bear arms, and should cease the provision of financial support to any entity that does so.
Prohibits the United States from providing any funding to the United Nations (U.N.) for a fiscal year unless the President certifies to Congress that the U.N. has not taken action to infringe on the rights of individuals in the United States to possess a firearm or ammunition, or abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights of U.S. citizens.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3594 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3594
To express the sense of the Congress that the United States should not
adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or
abridges any rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution, such
as the right to keep and bear arms, and to withhold funding from the
United Nations unless the President certifies that the United Nations
has not taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or otherwise
adversely infringe upon the rights of individuals in the United States
to keep and bear arms, or abridge any of the other constitutionally
protected rights of citizens of the United States.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 7, 2011
Mr. Walsh of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Gingrey of
Georgia, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Posey, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Barton of Texas,
Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, and Mr. Broun of
Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To express the sense of the Congress that the United States should not
adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or
abridges any rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution, such
as the right to keep and bear arms, and to withhold funding from the
United Nations unless the President certifies that the United Nations
has not taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or otherwise
adversely infringe upon the rights of individuals in the United States
to keep and bear arms, or abridge any of the other constitutionally
protected rights of citizens of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Second Amendment Protection Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) it is the constitutional power of Congress to determine
United States foreign policy through the ratification of
international treaties and adoption of laws;
(2) by prematurely signing treaties and executive
agreements, Presidents of the United States have opened the
door for international organizations to unilaterally regulate
the lives of citizens of the United States;
(3) these international agreements, laws, and regulations
are being applied domestically in the United States through the
Supremacy Clause, which states, ``This Constitution, and the
Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance
thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under
the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of
the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby,
any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the
contrary notwithstanding'';
(4) the Supremacy Clause is useful to supersede conflicting
Federal and State laws;
(5) international and transnational organizations force
their rules on people of the United States through conventions,
multilateral agreements, and nonratified treaties, such as
agreements that affect the private ownership of firearms by
law-abiding citizens; and
(6) United States sovereignty is risked by domestic legal
applicability of international treaties and executive
agreements that have not been voted on and congressionally
adopted through formal processes which pose a threat to
national sovereignty and the liberty of the people of the
United States, including fundamental rights guaranteed under
the United States Constitution, such as the right to keep and
bear arms.
(b) Sense of the Congress.--That it is the sense of the Congress
that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat
to national sovereignty or abridges the rights guaranteed by the United
States Constitution, such as the right to keep and bear arms, and
should cease the provision of financial support to any entity that does
so.
SEC. 3. CONDITIONAL PROHIBITION ON UNITED NATIONS FUNDING.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
United States may not provide any funding to the United Nations for a
fiscal year unless, before the last day of the preceding fiscal year,
the President makes the certification described in subsection (b).
(b) Certification.--The certification described in this subsection
is a certification submitted to the Congress by the President, that
states that the United Nations has not taken action to restrict,
attempt to restrict, or otherwise adversely infringe on the rights of
individuals in the United States to possess a firearm or ammunition,
including by imposing burdens on international commerce, or abridge any
of the other constitutionally protected rights of citizens of the
United States.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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