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On the recordJune 15, 2023
Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania moves to recommit the bill H.R. 288 to the Committee on the Judiciary. The material previously referred to by Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania is as follows: Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania moves to recommit H.R. 288 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Page 1, line 9, insert after ``extent necessary'' the following: ``, and except as otherwise provided in this section''. Add at the end the following: SEC. 3. EXCEPTED RULES REGARDING THE PREVENTION OF FIREARMS TRANSFERS TO CRIMINALS AND SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: ``(c) In the case of a rule made by the Attorney General pertaining to the implementation of the national instant criminal background check system, including rules pertaining to the denial of firearms transfers to international or domestic terrorist suspects, the reviewing court shall decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and determine the meaning or applicability of the terms of an agency action.''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit.…
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Madeleine Dean
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