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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 283 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit funding for the implementation and enforcement of Federal red |
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| 6 | 6 | | flag orders. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY11, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | RENSHAWintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To prohibit funding for the implementation and enforcement |
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| 14 | 14 | | of Federal red flag orders. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Unjust Red 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Flag Laws Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | •HR 283 IH |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | AND ENFORCEMENT OF RED FLAG LAWS OR 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | RULES. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) P |
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| 27 | 27 | | ROHIBITION ONFUNDING.—None of the funds 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | made available for any Federal department or agency may 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | be used to— 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) implement or enforce Federal red flag laws; 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | or 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) provide assistance to States, local, tribal, or 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | territorial government departments or agencies for 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the implementation or enforcement of red flag laws. 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) R |
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| 36 | 36 | | EDFLAGLAWDEFINED.—In this section, the 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | term ‘‘red flag law’’ means a risk-based, temporary, and 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | preemptive protective order that authorizes the removal of 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | a firearm without due process. 15 |
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