S 2205
112th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Firearms and explosives
International law and treaties
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
United Nations
Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mar 19, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. sovereignty and the constitutionally protected freedoms of American gun owners must be upheld and not be undermined by a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended to use U.S. influence, in connection with negotiations for a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, to restrict the rights of U.S. citizens under the second amendment to the Constitution, or to otherwise regulate domestic manufacture, assembly, possession, use, transfer, or purchase of firearms, ammunition, or related items.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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