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Urging the President to reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the United Nations Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons which would infringe on the right of United States citizens…

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Urging the President to reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the United Nations Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons which would infringe on the right of United States citizens under the 2nd amendment to the Constitution.

Introduced: July 17, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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Aug 6, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jul 17, 2001
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 17, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizens the right to keep and bear arms, and that any United Nations (UN) conference, resolution, or treaty infringing on this right would be a conflict with article six of, and the second amendment to, the U.S. Constitution. Urges the President to reject any decree, proclamation, treaty, or other document adopted by the UN Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons which would infringe on the right of U.S. citizens under the second amendment to the Constitution.
What's happening now August 6, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

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Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jul 17, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 197: Urging the President to reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the United Nations Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons which would infringe on the right of United States citizens under the 2nd amendment to the Constitution.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-197/
MLA
"H. Res. 197: Urging the President to reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the United Nations Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons which would infringe on the right of United States citizens under the 2nd amendment to the Constitution.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-197/.
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H. Res. 197, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-197/.
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[H. Res. 197: Urging the President to reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the United Nations Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons which would infringe on the right of United States citizens under the 2nd amendment to the Constitution.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-197/)
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