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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 65
To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY9, 2025
Mr. C
ORNYN(for himself, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. GRASSLEY,
Mr. C
RAMER, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr.
L
EE, Mr. COTTON, Mr. RISCH, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr.
M
ARSHALL, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mr. LANKFORD, Mrs. BRITT, Mr.
G
RAHAM, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. BUDD, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr.
S
HEEHY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DAINES, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr.
Y
OUNG, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BANKS, Mr. SCOTTof South
Carolina, Mr. M
ORENO, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr.
C
URTIS, Mr. BOOZMAN, Ms. ERNST, Mr. WICKER, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs.
C
APITO, Mr. MULLIN, and Mr. MCCORMICK) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed
firearms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Constitutional Con-4
cealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. RECIPROCITY FOR THE CARRYING OF CERTAIN 1
CONCEALED FIREARMS. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 3
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 926C 4
the following: 5
‘‘§ 926D. Reciprocity for the carrying of certain con-6
cealed firearms 7
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision 8
of the law of any State or political subdivision thereof to 9
the contrary— 10
‘‘(1) an individual who is not prohibited by 11
Federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, 12
or receiving a firearm, and who is carrying a govern-13
ment-issued photographic identification document 14
and a valid license or permit which is issued pursu-15
ant to the law of a State and which permits the indi-16
vidual to carry a concealed firearm, may possess or 17
carry a concealed handgun (other than a machine-18
gun or destructive device) that has been shipped or 19
transported in interstate or foreign commerce in any 20
State other than the State of residence of the indi-21
vidual that— 22
‘‘(A) has a statute that allows residents of 23
the State to obtain licenses or permits to carry 24
concealed firearms; or 25
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‘‘(B) does not prohibit the carrying of con-1
cealed firearms by residents of the State for 2
lawful purposes; and 3
‘‘(2) an individual who is not prohibited by 4
Federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, 5
or receiving a firearm, and who is carrying a govern-6
ment-issued photographic identification document 7
and is entitled and not prohibited from carrying a 8
concealed firearm in the State in which the indi-9
vidual resides otherwise than as described in para-10
graph (1), may possess or carry a concealed hand-11
gun (other than a machinegun or destructive device) 12
that has been shipped or transported in interstate or 13
foreign commerce in any State other than the State 14
of residence of the individual that— 15
‘‘(A) has a statute that allows residents of 16
the State to obtain licenses or permits to carry 17
concealed firearms; or 18
‘‘(B) does not prohibit the carrying of con-19
cealed firearms by residents of the State for 20
lawful purposes. 21
‘‘(b) C
ONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS.—The posses-22
sion or carrying of a concealed handgun in a State under 23
this section shall be subject to the same conditions and 24
limitations, except as to eligibility to possess or carry, im-25
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posed by or under Federal or State law or the law of a 1
political subdivision of a State, that apply to the posses-2
sion or carrying of a concealed handgun by residents of 3
the State or political subdivision who are licensed by the 4
State or political subdivision to do so, or not prohibited 5
by the State from doing so. 6
‘‘(c) U
NRESTRICTEDLICENSE ORPERMIT.—In a 7
State that allows the issuing authority for licenses or per-8
mits to carry concealed firearms to impose restrictions on 9
the carrying of firearms by individual holders of such li-10
censes or permits, an individual carrying a concealed 11
handgun under this section shall be permitted to carry a 12
concealed handgun according to the same terms author-13
ized by an unrestricted license of or permit issued to a 14
resident of the State. 15
‘‘(d) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-16
tion shall be construed to preempt any provision of State 17
law with respect to the issuance of licenses or permits to 18
carry concealed firearms.’’. 19
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 20
for chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 21
by inserting after the item relating to section 926C the 22
following: 23
‘‘926D. Reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.’’.
(c) SEVERABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other pro-24
vision of this Act, if any provision of this Act, or any 25
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amendment made by this Act, or the application of such 1
provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is 2
held to be unconstitutional, this Act and amendments 3
made by this Act and the application of such provision 4
or amendment to other persons or circumstances shall not 5
be affected thereby. 6
(d) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 7
this Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of enact-8
ment of this Act. 9
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