,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cea  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #f1       
#bjai,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith 7for herself1   
,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 ,mr4     
,cramer1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 ,mr4 ,scott of     
,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,mr4  
,lee1 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 and  
,mr4 ,rounds7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to prohibit ,federal funding of ,state 
firearm ownership databases1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,gun ,owner    
,registration ,information ,protection  
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on ,federal     
funding of ,state firearm ownership     
databases  7a7 ,definitions ,in this    
section3 7#a7 ,state ,the term ,state   
means each of the several ,states1 the  
,district of ,columbia1 the             
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 the     
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 

,islands1 ,american ,samoa1 ,guam1 the  
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands1 and   
any other territory or possession of the
 ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,state firearm  
ownership database ,the term ,state     
firearm ownership database means a      
comprehensive or partial database of a  
,state or political subdivision of a    
,state that lists--  7,a7 firearms      
lawfully owned or possessed by          
individuals2 or  7,b7 individuals who   
lawfully own or possess firearms4  7b7  
,prohibition ,a ,federal agency may not 
fund or otherwise support the           
establishment or maintenance of a ,state
 firearm ownership database4  7c7       
,exception ,subsection 7b7 shall not    
apply to a database of a ,state or      
political subdivision of a ,state that  
lists--  7#a7 firearms that have been   
reported as lost or stolen2 or  7#b7    
individuals who have reported their     
firearms as lost or stolen4