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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 966
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to define ‘‘State
of residence’’ and ‘‘resident’’, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH11 (legislative day, MARCH10), 2025
Mr. R
OUNDS(for himself, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. RISCH, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr.
C
RAMER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BUDD, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH,
and Mr. C
RUZ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to
define ‘‘State of residence’’ and ‘‘resident’’, and for other
purposes.
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 ‘‘Traveler’s Gun Rights 4
Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. STATE OF RESIDENCE. 6
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—Section 921 of title 18, United 7
States Code, is amended— 8
(1) in subsection (a)— 9
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(A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘As used’’; 1
and 2
(B) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(38)(A) The term ‘State of residence’ means— 4
‘‘(i) the State in which an individual re-5
sides; 6
‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual, or spouse 7
of an individual, who is an active duty member 8
of the Armed Forces— 9
‘‘(I) the State in which the permanent 10
duty station of the member is located; and 11
‘‘(II) the State in which the member 12
maintains a place of abode from which the 13
member commutes each day to the perma-14
nent duty station of the member; or 15
‘‘(iii) in the case of an individual who does 16
not have a physical residence in any State, the 17
State in which an individual maintains a private 18
mailbox or post office box. 19
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i)— 20
‘‘(i) an individual resides in a State if the 21
individual is present in the State with the inten-22
tion of making a home in that State; and 23
‘‘(ii) an individual who maintains a home 24
in more than 1 State is a resident of each such 25
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State during the time when the individual is 1
present in that State. 2
‘‘(39) The term ‘resident’, with respect to a 3
State, means an individual who satisfies clause (i), 4
(ii), or (iii) of paragraph (38)(A) with respect to 5
that State.’’; and 6
(2) by striking subsection (b). 7
(b) N
ATIONALINSTANTCRIMINALBACKGROUND 8
C
HECKSYSTEM.—Section 922(t)(1)(D) of title 18, United 9
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘transferee con-10
taining a photograph of the transferee.’’ and inserting the 11
following: ‘‘transferee— 12
‘‘(i) containing a photograph of the trans-13
feree; and 14
‘‘(ii) containing— 15
‘‘(I) the address of the residence of 16
the transferee; or 17
‘‘(II) the address for a private mail-18
box or post office box maintained by the 19
transferee, if the transferee does not have 20
a physical residence in any State.’’. 21
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