,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ege  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #f1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,stockman introduced the following 
bill2 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 national sovereignty or      
abridges any rights guaranteed by the   
,united ,states ,constitution1 such as  
the right to keep and bear arms1 and to 
withhold funding from the ,united       
,nations unless the ,president certifies
 that the ,united ,nations has not taken
 action to restrict1 attempt to         
restrict1 or otherwise adversely        
infringe upon the rights of individuals 
in the ,united ,states to keep and bear 
arms1 or abridge any of the other       
constitutionally protected rights of    
citizens of the ,united ,states4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,second ,amendment ,protection ,act 

of #bjac4  #b4 ,sense of the ,congress  
7a7 ,findings ,the ,congress finds      
that--  7#a7 it is the constitutional   
power of ,congress to determine ,united 
,states foreign policy through the      
ratification of international treaties  
and adoption of laws2  7#b7 by          
prematurely signing treaties and        
executive agreements1 ,presidents of the
 ,united ,states have opened the door   
for international organizations to      
unilaterally regulate the lives of      
citizens of the ,united ,states2  7#c7  
these international agreements1 laws1   
and regulations are being applied       
domestically in the ,united ,states     
through the ,supremacy ,clause1 which   
states1 ,this ,constitution1 and the    
,laws of the ,united ,states which shall
 be made in ,pursuance thereof2 and all 
,treaties made1 or which shall be made1 
under the ,authority of the ,united     
,states1 shall be the supreme ,law of   
the ,land2 and the ,judges in every     
,state shall be bound thereby1 any      

,thing in the ,constitution or ,laws of 
any ,state to the contrary              
notwithstanding2  7#d7 the ,supremacy   
,clause is useful to supersede          
conflicting ,federal and ,state laws2   
7#e7 international and transnational    
organizations force their rules on      
people of the ,united ,states through   
conventions1 multilateral agreements1   
and nonratified treaties1 such as       
agreements that affect the private      
ownership of firearms by law-abiding    
citizens2 and  7#f7 ,united ,states     
sovereignty is risked by domestic legal 
applicability of international treaties 
and executive agreements that have not  
been voted on and congressionally       
adopted through formal processes which  
pose a threat to national sovereignty   
and the liberty of the people of the    
,united ,states1 including fundamental  
rights guaranteed under the ,united     
,states ,constitution1 such as the right
 to keep and bear arms4  7b7 ,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 ,constitution1 such as  
the right to keep and bear arms1 and    
should cease the provision of financial 
support to any entity that does so4  #c4
 ,conditional prohibition on ,united    
,nations funding  7a7 ,in general       
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,united ,states may not provide
 any funding to the ,united ,nations for
 a fiscal year unless1 before the last  
day of the preceding fiscal year1 the   
,president makes the certification      
described in subsection 7b74  7b7       
,certification ,the certification       
described in this subsection is a       
certification submitted to the ,congress
 by the ,president1 that states that the
 ,united ,nations has not taken action  
to restrict1 attempt to restrict1 or    
otherwise adversely infringe on the     
rights of individuals in the ,united    

,states to possess a firearm or         
ammunition1 including by imposing       
burdens on international commerce1 or   
abridge any of the other                
constitutionally protected rights of    
citizens of the ,united ,states4