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4	4	STSESSION S. 65
5	5	To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7	7	JANUARY9, 2025
8	8	Mr. C
9	9	ORNYN(for himself, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. GRASSLEY,
10	10	Mr. C
11	11	RAMER, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr.
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13	13	EE, Mr. COTTON, Mr. RISCH, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr.
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15	15	ARSHALL, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mr. LANKFORD, Mrs. BRITT, Mr.
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17	17	RAHAM, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. BUDD, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr.
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19	19	HEEHY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DAINES, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr.
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21	21	OUNG, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BANKS, Mr. SCOTTof South
22	22	Carolina, Mr. M
23	23	ORENO, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr.
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25	25	URTIS, Mr. BOOZMAN, Ms. ERNST, Mr. WICKER, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs.
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27	27	APITO, Mr. MULLIN, and Mr. MCCORMICK) introduced the following bill;
28	28	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
29	29	A BILL
30	30	To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed
31	31	firearms.
32	32	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
33	33	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
34	34	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
35	35	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Constitutional Con-4
36	36	cealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025’’. 5
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40	40	SEC. 2. RECIPROCITY FOR THE CARRYING OF CERTAIN 1
41	41	CONCEALED FIREARMS. 2
42	42	(a) I
43	43	NGENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 3
44	44	States Code, is amended by inserting after section 926C 4
45	45	the following: 5
46	46	‘‘§ 926D. Reciprocity for the carrying of certain con-6
47	47	cealed firearms 7
48	48	‘‘(a) I
49	49	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision 8
50	50	of the law of any State or political subdivision thereof to 9
51	51	the contrary— 10
52	52	‘‘(1) an individual who is not prohibited by 11
53	53	Federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, 12
54	54	or receiving a firearm, and who is carrying a govern-13
55	55	ment-issued photographic identification document 14
56	56	and a valid license or permit which is issued pursu-15
57	57	ant to the law of a State and which permits the indi-16
58	58	vidual to carry a concealed firearm, may possess or 17
59	59	carry a concealed handgun (other than a machine-18
60	60	gun or destructive device) that has been shipped or 19
61	61	transported in interstate or foreign commerce in any 20
62	62	State other than the State of residence of the indi-21
63	63	vidual that— 22
64	64	‘‘(A) has a statute that allows residents of 23
65	65	the State to obtain licenses or permits to carry 24
66	66	concealed firearms; or 25
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70	70	‘‘(B) does not prohibit the carrying of con-1
71	71	cealed firearms by residents of the State for 2
72	72	lawful purposes; and 3
73	73	‘‘(2) an individual who is not prohibited by 4
74	74	Federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, 5
75	75	or receiving a firearm, and who is carrying a govern-6
76	76	ment-issued photographic identification document 7
77	77	and is entitled and not prohibited from carrying a 8
78	78	concealed firearm in the State in which the indi-9
79	79	vidual resides otherwise than as described in para-10
80	80	graph (1), may possess or carry a concealed hand-11
81	81	gun (other than a machinegun or destructive device) 12
82	82	that has been shipped or transported in interstate or 13
83	83	foreign commerce in any State other than the State 14
84	84	of residence of the individual that— 15
85	85	‘‘(A) has a statute that allows residents of 16
86	86	the State to obtain licenses or permits to carry 17
87	87	concealed firearms; or 18
88	88	‘‘(B) does not prohibit the carrying of con-19
89	89	cealed firearms by residents of the State for 20
90	90	lawful purposes. 21
91	91	‘‘(b) C
92	92	ONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS.—The posses-22
93	93	sion or carrying of a concealed handgun in a State under 23
94	94	this section shall be subject to the same conditions and 24
95	95	limitations, except as to eligibility to possess or carry, im-25
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99	99	posed by or under Federal or State law or the law of a 1
100	100	political subdivision of a State, that apply to the posses-2
101	101	sion or carrying of a concealed handgun by residents of 3
102	102	the State or political subdivision who are licensed by the 4
103	103	State or political subdivision to do so, or not prohibited 5
104	104	by the State from doing so. 6
105	105	‘‘(c) U
106	106	NRESTRICTEDLICENSE ORPERMIT.—In a 7
107	107	State that allows the issuing authority for licenses or per-8
108	108	mits to carry concealed firearms to impose restrictions on 9
109	109	the carrying of firearms by individual holders of such li-10
110	110	censes or permits, an individual carrying a concealed 11
111	111	handgun under this section shall be permitted to carry a 12
112	112	concealed handgun according to the same terms author-13
113	113	ized by an unrestricted license of or permit issued to a 14
114	114	resident of the State. 15
115	115	‘‘(d) R
116	116	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-16
117	117	tion shall be construed to preempt any provision of State 17
118	118	law with respect to the issuance of licenses or permits to 18
119	119	carry concealed firearms.’’. 19
120	120	(b) C
121	121	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 20
122	122	for chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 21
123	123	by inserting after the item relating to section 926C the 22
124	124	following: 23
125	125	‘‘926D. Reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.’’.
126	126	(c) SEVERABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other pro-24
127	127	vision of this Act, if any provision of this Act, or any 25
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131	131	amendment made by this Act, or the application of such 1
132	132	provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is 2
133	133	held to be unconstitutional, this Act and amendments 3
134	134	made by this Act and the application of such provision 4
135	135	or amendment to other persons or circumstances shall not 5
136	136	be affected thereby. 6
137	137	(d) E
138	138	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 7
139	139	this Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of enact-8
140	140	ment of this Act. 9
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