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Shall Not Be Infringed Act in The 117th Congress
Shall Not Be Infringed Act in The 117th Congress
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(Original Signature of Member)
H. R. ll
118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
To repeal each gun control measure enacted by the 117th Congress, and
for other purposes.
Mrs. BOEBERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on llllllllllllll
A BILL
To repeal each gun control measure enacted by the 117th
Congress, and for other purposes.
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1 the heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the head-
2 ing ‘‘BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND
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1 (e) PREVENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
2 FROM VIOLATING THE PRIVACY OF GUN OWNING PAR-
3 ENTS.—The Department of Education shall cease any
4 program related to secure firearm storage, including any
5 efforts by the Department of Education to offer support
6 to Federal agencies that are leading efforts relating to se-
7 cure household firearm storage.
8 (f) PREVENTING HHS FROM IMPLEMENTING GUN
9 CONFISCATION POLICIES OR PROMOTING REDUCED AC-
10 CESS TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT.—The Secretary of
11 Health and Human Services—
12 (1) shall immediately cease carrying out any
13 program relating to access to firearms, including any
14 program carried out by the Substance Abuse and
15 Mental Health Services Administration that limits,
16 or promotes limited access to, firearms; and
17 (2) shall not establish, promote, maintain, or
18 receive gun storage maps for any purpose, such as
19 to facilitate out-of-home firearm storage or encour-
20 age the creation or use of gun confiscation laws, also
21 known as ‘‘red flag’’ orders or ‘‘extreme risk’’ laws.
22 (g) REDUCING ATF BENEFITS.—Section 3201 of the
23 Crime Control Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 509 note) is
24 amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘the Federal Prison System, the
2 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo-
3 sives, or the United States Marshals Service’’ and
4 inserting ‘‘or the Immigration and Naturalization
5 Service’’; and
6 (2) by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting
7 ‘‘$25,000’’.
8 (h) RESCISSION OF UNUSED GUN CONTROL EAR-
9 MARK FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under
10 paragraph (1)(Q) of the matter under the heading ‘‘OF-
11 FICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS’’ under the heading ‘‘OFFICE
12 OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS’’ under title II of division B of
13 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law
14 117–328), the unobligated balances of the amounts made
15 available for the following, as described in House Report
16 117–395 or the document of the Committee on Appropria-
17 tions of the Senate entitled ‘‘Commerce, Justice, Science
18 and Related Agencies [Community Project Spending/Con-
19 gressionally Directed Spending]’’ and dated December 19,
20 2022, are rescinded:
21 (1) $1,200,000 to Shaphat Outreach for a
22 project entitled ‘‘No Shots Fired’’.
23 (2) $120,000 to Full Gospel Christian Assem-
24 blies International for a project entitled ‘‘Orchid
25 Healing Circles for Victims of Gun Violence’’.
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1 (3) $750,000 to the Lake County State’s Attor-
2 ney for the project entitled ‘‘Lake County Gun Vio-
3 lence Prevention Initiative’’.
4 (4) $4,600,000 to the City of Hampton for a
5 project entitled ‘‘Hampton Gun Violence Interven-
6 tion Program’’.
7 (5) $760,000 to the City of Newport News for
8 a project entitled ‘‘Gun Violence and Violent Crime
9 Reduction Initiative’’.
10 (6) $67,000 to Congregations Organized for a
11 New Connecticut for a project entitled ‘‘Fostering
12 Greater Gun Safety in the New Haven Area’’.
13 (7) $237,000 to the Regional Youth Adult and
14 Social Action Partnership for a project entitled
15 ‘‘Bridgeport Gun Violence Prevention’’.
16 (8) $350,000 to the City of Chicago for a
17 project entitled ‘‘Assistance to Chicagoans Who Be-
18 come Disabled As a Result of Gun and Community
19 Violence’’.
20 (9) $1,000,000 to the Providence Police De-
21 partment for a project entitled ‘‘Crime and Gun Vio-
22 lence Reduction Initiative’’.
23 (10) $830,000 to the City of Vallejo for a
24 project entitled ‘‘The Vallejo Gun Violence Preven-
25 tion Initiative’’.
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1 (11) $1,000,000 to University of New Haven
2 for a project entitled ‘‘Community-Based Gun Vio-
3 lence Reduction Project at the University of New
4 Haven’’.
5 (i) PREVENTING ANTI-GUN ACTIVISM BY CDC AND
6 NIH.—
7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Centers
8 for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director
9 of the National Institutes of Health shall not fund
10 or carry out any research relating to firearm injury
11 or mortality prevention that treats crime as a public
12 health epidemic, including advocating, promoting, or
13 studying firearm-related restrictions or policies; fire-
14 arm disenfranchisement, bans, confiscation, or reg-
15 istration, or other gun control measures; and any
16 other restriction on firearms or other self defense
17 tools.
18 (2) PROTECTION FOR NON-POLITICAL RE-
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office
2 on Violence Against Women may not carry out an
3 initiative to reduce the lethality of firearms.
4 (2) SECOND AMENDMENT EXERCISE.—This
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1 ment to the Constitution of the United States;
2 or
3 (C) reference to, affiliation with, or pro-
4 motion of—
5 (i) the Revolutionary War; or
6 (ii) founding era ideology, imagery,
7 symbols, or quotes, including—
8 (I) the Gadsden flag;
9 (II) the Liberty Tree;
10 (III) the Betsy Ross flag;
11 (IV) Minutemen; or
12 (V) the Second Amendment to
13 the Constitution of the United States.
14 (2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This subsection
15 shall not be construed to prevent the education of
16 lawmakers and employees or agents of a Federal,
17 State or local governmental agency about the text
18 and history of the Second Amendment to the Con-
19 stitution of the United States.
20 SEC. 3. REPEAL OF THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL COMPROMISE
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1 (A) in subsection (d)—
2 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph
3 (1), by striking ‘‘, including as a juvenile’’;
4 and
5 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘at
6 16 years of age or older’’; and
7 (B) in subsection (t)—
8 (i) in paragraph (1)—
9 (I) in subparagraph (B)(ii)—
10 (aa) by striking ‘‘subject to
11 subparagraph (C)’’; and
12 (bb) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the
13 end;
14 (II) by striking subparagraph
15 (C); and
16 (III) by redesignating subpara-
17 graph (D) as subparagraph (C);
18 (ii) in paragraph (2)—
19 (I) by striking ‘‘transfer or’’; and
20 (II) by striking ‘‘(d), (g), or (n)
21 (as applicable)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g) or
22 (n)’’;
23 (iii) in paragraph (4)—
24 (I) by striking ‘‘transfer of a fire-
25 arm to or’’; and
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1 (II) by striking ‘‘(d), (g), or (n)
2 (as applicable)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g) or
3 (n)’’; and
4 (iv) in paragraph (5)—
5 (I) by striking ‘‘transfer of a fire-
6 arm to or’’; and
7 (II) by striking ‘‘(d), (g), or (n)
8 (as applicable)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g) or
9 (n)’’.
10 (2) NICS REQUIREMENTS.—
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1 (2) by striking paragraph (22); and
2 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (23) through
3 (30) as paragraphs (22) through (29), respectively.
4 (c) SECTION 12003 OF THE BIPARTISAN SAFER
5 COMMUNITIES ACT.—
6 (1) BYRNE JAG PROGRAM.—Section 501(a)(1)
7 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
8 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is
9 amended—
10 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
11 (A), by striking ‘‘or civil proceedings’’; and
12 (B) by striking subparagraph (I).
13 (2) ANNUAL REPORT ON CRISIS INTERVENTION
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘by a person similarly’’
2 and inserting ‘‘or by a person similarly’’;
3 and
4 (ii) by striking ‘‘, or by a person who
5 has a current or recent former dating rela-
6 tionship with the victim’’; and
7 (B) by striking paragraph (37).
8 (2) ELIMINATING UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROHIB-
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1 RELATIONSHIPS.—Section 921(a)(33) of title 18,
2 United States Code, is amended—
3 (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter
4 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘subparagraphs
5 (B) and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph
6 (C)’’; and
7 (B) by striking subparagraph (C).
8 (e) SECTION 13401 OF THE BIPARTISAN SAFER
9 COMMUNITIES ACT.—Section 8526 of the Elementary and
10 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7906) is
11 amended—
12 (1) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the
13 end;
14 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; or’’ at the
15 end and inserting a period; and
16 (3) by striking paragraph (7).
17 SEC. 4. REPEAL OF THE NICS DENIAL NOTIFICATION ACT
18 OF 2022.
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1 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sec-
2 tions for chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code,
3 is amended—
4 (A) by striking the item related to section
5 925B; and
6 (B) by striking the item related to section
7 925C.
8 SEC. 5. REPEAL OF SPECIAL ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS
18 FIREARMS.
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