Gun Owner Privacy Act

Gun Owner Privacy Act

This bill restricts the use of federal funds in connection with the implementation and operation of a firearms-related background check system.

Specifically, it prohibits the use of federal funds for

• a firearms-related background check system that does not immediately destroy all information about a person who is eligible to own firearms, or
• the implementation or collection of a tax or fee in connection with a firearms-related background check.
  

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1132 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1132

  To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to protect the 
 rights of citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of 
                           the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2021

    Mrs. Greene of Georgia (for herself, Mr. Massie, and Mr. Perry) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to protect the 
 rights of citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution 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 ``Gun Owner Privacy Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

    Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(7)(A) None of the funds appropriated pursuant to any 
        provision of law may be used for--
                    ``(i) any system to implement this subsection that 
                does not require and result in the immediate 
                destruction of all information, in any form whatsoever, 
                submitted by or on behalf of any person who has been 
                determined not to be prohibited from owning a firearm; 
                or
                    ``(ii) the implementation or collection of any tax 
                or fee by any officer, agent, or employee of the United 
                States, or by any State or local officer or agent 
                acting on behalf of the United States, in connection 
                with the implementation of this subsection.
            ``(B) Any person aggrieved by a violation of this paragraph 
        may bring an action in the district court of the United States 
        for the district in which the person resides.
            ``(C) Any person who is successful with respect to an 
        action brought under subparagraph (B) shall receive damages, 
        punitive damages, and such other remedies as the court may 
        determine to be appropriate, including a reasonable attorney's 
        fee.''.
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