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S 394 115th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Firearms and explosives Military personnel and dependents

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

Introduced: February 15, 2017 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 15, 2017
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Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell a firearm to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty.)

The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of the state in which: (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.

What's happening now February 15, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 256 Identical bill Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 7
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Aug 2, 2017
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · May 11, 2017
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Mar 23, 2017
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Feb 15, 2017
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Feb 15, 2017
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Feb 15, 2017
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Feb 15, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 394: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-394/
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"S. 394: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-394/.
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S. 394, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-394/.
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