Sec. 2. Repealing gun control appropriations for fiscal year 2023 and other provisions
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Of the unobligated balances of the amounts made available under the heading under the heading salaries and expenses under title II of division B of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Public Law 117–328 , $140,929,000 is rescinded. No funds made available to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives under Public Law 117–328 , or any other Act, may be used to consolidate firearms tracing applications through an eTrace modernization effort with enhanced data sharing capabilities.
No Federal funds, including amounts made available for medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, may be used on programs or protocols on firearm safety and storage or gun confiscation laws (also known as extreme risk protection orders and red flag laws) or similar gun safety laws including by collaboration with State or local law enforcement or health officials of any State. No Federal funds, including amounts made available for the Department of Veterans Affairs, may used to evaluate or implement a firearm storage program for firearms, including any program under which individuals will be asked how they store their firearms.
The Department of Education shall cease any program related to secure firearm storage, including any efforts by the Department of Education to offer support to Federal agencies that are leading efforts relating to secure household firearm storage. The Secretary of Health and Human Services— shall immediately cease carrying out any program relating to access to firearms, including any program carried out by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that limits, or promotes limited access to, firearms; and shall not establish, promote, maintain, or receive gun storage maps for any purpose, such as to facilitate out-of-home firearm storage or encourage the creation or use of gun confiscation laws, also known as red flag orders or extreme risk laws.
Section 3201 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 ( 28 U.S.C. 509 note) is amended— by striking the Federal Prison System, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or the United States Marshals Service and inserting or the Immigration and Naturalization Service ; and by striking $50,000 and inserting $25,000 . Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)(Q) of the matter under the heading under the heading Office of Justice Programs under title II of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ( Office of Justice Programs Public Law 117–328 ), the unobligated balances of the amounts made available for the following, as described in House Report 117–395 or the document of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate entitled Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies [Community Project Spending/Congressionally Directed Spending] and dated December 19, 2022, are rescinded: $1,200,000 to Shaphat Outreach for a project entitled No Shots Fired . $120,000 to Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International for a project entitled Orchid Healing Circles for Victims of Gun Violence . $750,000 to the Lake County State's Attorney for the project entitled Lake County Gun Violence Prevention Initiative . $4,600,000 to the City of Hampton for a project entitled Hampton Gun Violence Intervention Program . $760,000 to the City of Newport News for a project entitled Gun Violence and Violent Crime Reduction Initiative . $67,000 to Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut for a project entitled Fostering Greater Gun Safety in the New Haven Area . $237,000 to the Regional Youth Adult and Social Action Partnership for a project entitled Bridgeport Gun Violence Prevention . $350,000 to the City of Chicago for a project entitled Assistance to Chicagoans Who Become Disabled As a Result of Gun and Community Violence . $1,000,000 to the Providence Police Department for a project entitled Crime and Gun Violence Reduction Initiative . $830,000 to the City of Vallejo for a project entitled The Vallejo Gun Violence Prevention Initiative . $1,000,000 to University of New Haven for a project entitled Community-Based Gun Violence Reduction Project at the University of New Haven .
The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall not fund or carry out any research relating to firearm injury or mortality prevention that treats crime as a public health epidemic, including advocating, promoting, or studying firearm-related restrictions or policies; firearm disenfranchisement, bans, confiscation, or registration, or other gun control measures; and any other restriction on firearms or other self defense tools.
The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director of the National Institutes of Health may carry out research on medical procedures, practices, treatments, medicines, and therapies related to firearm injuries and recovery. The Director of the Office on Violence Against Women may not carry out an initiative to reduce the lethality of firearms. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent the encouragement and training of women to exercise the right to self defense protected under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Amounts appropriated under Federal law may not be used for community violence intervention and prevention in a manner that results in the denial, without due process, of the exercise of the right of an individual under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Amounts appropriated under Federal law may not be used to investigate a citizen of the United States or an organization based solely on— patriotism; the belief that gun control is unconstitutional or a violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or reference to, affiliation with, or promotion of— the Revolutionary War; or founding era ideology, imagery, symbols, or quotes, including— the Gadsden flag; the Liberty Tree; the Betsy Ross flag;
Minutemen; or the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent the education of lawmakers and employees or agents of a Federal, State or local governmental agency about the text and history of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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