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On the recordMay 26, 2011
Madam President, I move to table the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendments en bloc. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Paul] proposes en bloc amendments numbered 363 and 365. The amendments are as follows: Amendment No. 363 (Purpose: To clarify that the authority to obtain information under the USA PATRIOT Act and subsequent reauthorizations does not include authority to obtain certain firearms records) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. FIREARMS RECORDS. Nothing in the USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107-56; 115 Stat. 272), the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-177; 120 Stat. 192), the USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-178; 120 Stat. 278), or an amendment made by any such Act shall authorize the investigation or procurement of firearms records which is not authorized under chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code Amendment No. 365 (Purpose: To limit suspicious activity reporting requirements to requests from law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS.…
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