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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 575 
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 in-
fringe 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 
Mr. STOCKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To express the sense of the Congress that the United States 
should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to na-
tional 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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 2013’’. 
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 execu-
tive 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 
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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 organiza-
tions 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 citi-
zens; and 
(6) United States sovereignty is risked by do-
mestic legal applicability of international treaties 
and executive agreements that have not been voted 
on and congressionally adopted through formal proc-
esses 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 Con-
stitution, such as the right to keep and bear arms, and 
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should cease the provision of financial support to any enti-
ty that does so. 
SEC. 3. CONDITIONAL PROHIBITION ON UNITED NATIONS 
FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the United States may not provide any fund-
ing 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 other-
wise adversely infringe on the rights of individuals in the 
United States to possess a firearm or ammunition, includ-
ing by imposing burdens on international commerce, or 
abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights 
of citizens of the United States. 
Æ 
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