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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3436 

To withhold funding from the United Nations if the United Nations abridges 

the rights provided by the Second Amendment to the Constitution, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 26, 2005 

Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International 

Relations 

A BILL 

To withhold funding from the United Nations if the United 

Nations abridges the rights provided by the Second 

Amendment to the Constitution, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Amendment 

5 Protection Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) The United States is steadfast in its com9 mitment to the Second Amendment to the Constitu-
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1 tion of the United States, which provides that the 

2 right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not 

3 be infringed. 

4 (2) The United Nations Program of Action to 

5 Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in 

6 Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects 

7 calls for actions that could abridge the Second 

8 Amendment rights of individuals in the United 

9 States, including through the establishment of— 

10 (A) a comprehensive program for world11 wide gun control; 

12 (B) an international tracking certificate 

13 which would be used to ensure United Nations 

14 monitoring control over the export, import, 

15 transit, stocking, and storage of legal small 

16 arms and light weapons; 

17 (C) worldwide record keeping, for an in18 definite amount of time, on the manufacture, 

19 holding, and transfer of small arms and light 

20 weapons; and 

21 (D) national registries and tracking lists of 

22 all legal firearms. 

23 (3) The United Nations has encouraged mem24 ber states of the United Nations to integrate meas25 ures to control ammunition with regard to small 
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1 arms, contrary to the rights guaranteed to citizens 

2 of the United States under the Second Amendment, 

3 and some member states have expressed a desire to 

4 tax international arms sales and for a total ban on 

5 certain types of firearms. 

6 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that the United States 

8 should not provide financial support to international enti9 ties that abridge the constitutionally protected rights of 

10 law-abiding citizens of the United States to keep and bear 

11 arms. 

12 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON UNITED NATIONS FUNDING. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi14 sion of law, the United States may not provide any fund15 ing to the United Nations for a fiscal year unless, prior 

16 to the last day of the preceding fiscal year, the President 

17 makes the certification described in this subsection (b). 

18 (b) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred to in 

19 subsection (a) is a certification submitted to Congress by 

20 the President that states that the United Nations has not 

21 taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or otherwise 

22 adversely infringe upon the rights of individuals in the 

23 United States to possess a firearm or ammunition, includ-
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1 ing the imposition of a tax that will interfere with the right 

2 to own a firearm or ammunition. 

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