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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2070 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a |
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| 6 | 6 | | member of the Armed Forces and the spouse of that member shall |
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| 7 | 7 | | have the same rights regarding the receipt of firearms at the location |
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| 8 | 8 | | of any duty station of the member. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH11, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. M |
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| 12 | 12 | | URPHYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to |
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| 16 | 16 | | provide that a member of the Armed Forces and the |
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| 17 | 17 | | spouse of that member shall have the same rights regard- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ing the receipt of firearms at the location of any duty |
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| 19 | 19 | | station of the member. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Our Military 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. RECEIPT OF FIREARM OR AMMUNITION BY SPOUSE 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | OF MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES AT A 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | DUTY STATION OF THE MEMBER OUTSIDE 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | THE UNITED STATES. 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 925(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | amended— 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘or to the spouse of such a 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | member’’ before ‘‘or to’’; 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) by striking ‘‘members,’’ and inserting 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘members and spouses,’’; 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) by striking ‘‘members or’’ and inserting 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘members, spouses, or’’; and 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) by striking ‘‘member or’’ and inserting 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘member, spouse, or’’. 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SEC. 3. RESIDENCY OF SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ARMED FORCES TO BE DETERMINED ON THE 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SAME BASIS AS THE RESIDENCY OF SUCH 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | MEMBERS FOR PURPOSES OF FEDERAL FIRE-18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ARMS LAWS. 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Section 921(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | amended to read as follows: 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(b) For purposes of this chapter, a member of the 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Armed Forces on active duty, or a spouse of such a mem-23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ber, is a resident of— 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(1) the State in which the member or spouse 25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | maintains legal residence; 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(2) the State in which the permanent duty 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | station of the member is located; and 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(3) the State in which the member maintains 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | a place of abode from which the member commutes 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | each day to the permanent duty station of the mem-5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ber.’’. 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | The amendments made by this Act shall apply to con-8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | duct engaged in after the 6-month period that begins with 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the date of the enactment of this Act. 10 |
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