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  SA 3967. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2483, to authorize certain programs and activities 
in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and the 
Department of Energy, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie 
on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

                        TITLE IX--MISCELLANEOUS

     SEC. 901. USE OF FIREARMS IN UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK 
                   SYSTEM AND THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) the second amendment to the Constitution provides that 
     ``the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be 
     infringed'';
       (2) section 2.4(a)(1) of title 36, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, provides that ``except as otherwise provided in 
     this section and parts 7 (special regulations) and 13 (Alaska 
     regulations), the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a 
     weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) 
     Using a weapon, trap or net'';
       (3) section 27.42 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, 
     provides that, except in special circumstances, citizens of 
     the United States may not ``possess, use, or transport 
     firearms on national wildlife refuges'' of the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service;
       (4) the regulations described in paragraphs (2) and (3) 
     prevent individuals complying with Federal and State laws 
     from exercising the second amendment rights of the 
     individuals while at units of--
       (A) the National Park System; and
       (B) the National Wildlife Refuge System;
       (5) the existence of different laws relating to the 
     transportation and possession of firearms at different units 
     of the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge 
     System entraps law-abiding gun owners while at units of the 
     National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System; 
     and
       (6) the Federal laws should make it clear that the second 
     amendment rights of an individual at a unit of the National 
     Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System should not 
     be infringed.
       (b) Protecting the Right of Individuals To Bear arms in 
     Units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife 
     Refuge System.--The Secretary of the Interior shall not 
     promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an 
     individual from possessing a firearm in any unit of the 
     National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System 
     if--
       (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from 
     possessing the firearm; and
       (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the 
     law of the State in which the unit of the National Park 
     System or the National Wildlife Refuge System is located.
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