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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 176 

To establish minimum standards for States that allow the carrying of 

concealed firearms. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 2011 

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish minimum standards for States that allow the 

carrying of concealed firearms. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Common Sense Con5 cealed Firearms Permit Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONCEALED FIREARMS PERMITS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

8 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 926C, 

9 the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 926D. Concealed firearms permits 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State that allows residents 

3 of the State to carry concealed firearms shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) establish a process to issue permits to resi5 dents of the State to carry concealed firearms; and 

6 ‘‘(2) require that each resident of the State 

7 seeking to carry a concealed firearm in the State ob8 tain a permit through the process established under 

9 paragraph (1). 

10 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing a process to 

11 issue permits to carry concealed firearms under subsection 

12 (a), a State shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) ensure that a local law enforcement agency 

14 participates in the process; and 

15 ‘‘(2) at a minimum, require that an applicant 

16 for a permit to carry a concealed firearm— 

17 ‘‘(A) be a legal resident of the United 

18 States; 

19 ‘‘(B) be not less than 21 years of age; 

20 ‘‘(C) demonstrate good cause for request21 ing a concealed firearm permit; and 

22 ‘‘(D) demonstrate that the applicant is 

23 worthy of the public trust to carry a concealed 

24 firearm in public. 

25 ‘‘(c) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REPORT.—If a 

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1 lows for an agency other than a law enforcement agency 

2 to issue permits to carry concealed firearms, the process 

3 shall require that— 

4 ‘‘(1) a local law enforcement agency submit to 

5 the agency responsible for issuing permits a written 

6 report that describes whether the applicant meets 

7 the standards of the State to carry a concealed fire8 arm; and 

9 ‘‘(2) the agency responsible for issuing permits 

10 maintain a report submitted under paragraph (1) in 

11 the file of the applicant. 

12 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘local 

13 law enforcement agency’ means a law enforcement agency 

14 of the unit of local government with jurisdiction of the 

15 area in which the applicant for a permit to carry a con16 cealed firearm resides. 

17 ‘‘(e) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 270 days after 

18 the date of enactment of this section, each State described 

19 in subsection (a) shall be in compliance with this section.’’. 

20 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

21 The table of sections for chapter 44 of title 18, United 

22 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat23 ing to section 926C the following: 

‘‘926D. Concealed firearms permits.’’. 

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