Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2003

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R PaulSponsor

54 cosponsors · 5 D, 49 R

R Wicker JAR Ann Davis SB

R Wilson MSD Sandlin RB

R Bishop BJR Janklow MS

R Jenkins CSD Stenholm RN

R Neugebauer

10 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2003 - Prohibits appropriated funds from being used by any U.S. official to promote any action by the United Nations which advocates the taxation of firearms or any other abrogation of rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution (the right to keep and bear arms).

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 17, 2003

Condemms all proposals to tax or otherwise limit rights under the Second Amendment.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2003

Latest action (Sep 17, 2003): Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Policy area: International Affairs · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 17, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.