I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 822 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard 
in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed 
firearms in the State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2011 
Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. SHULER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national 
standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a 
State may carry concealed firearms in the State. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Right-to- 
Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution 
of the United States protects the fundamental right 
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(7) The overwhelming majority of individuals 
who exercise the right to carry firearms in their own 
States and other States have proven to be law-abid-
ing, and such carrying has been demonstrated to 
provide crime prevention or crime resistance benefits 
for the licensees and for others. 
(8) The Congress finds that preventing the law-
ful carrying of firearms by individuals who are trav-
eling outside their home State interferes with the 
constitutional right of interstate travel, and harms 
interstate commerce. 
(9) Among the purposes of this Act is the pro-
tection of the rights, privileges, and immunities 
guaranteed to a citizen of the United States by the 
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States. 
(10) The Congress, therefore, should provide 
for national recognition, in States that issue to their 
own citizens licenses or permits to carry concealed 
handguns, of other State permits or licenses to carry 
concealed handguns. 
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SEC. 3. RECIPROCITY FOR THE CARRYING OF CERTAIN 
CONCEALED FIREARMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 926C 
the following: 
‘‘§ 926D. Reciprocity for the carrying of certain con-
cealed firearms 
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the law of any 
State or political subdivision thereof, related to the car-
rying or transportation of firearms, a person who is not 
prohibited by Federal law from possessing, transporting, 
shipping, or receiving a firearm, and who is carrying a 
government-issued photographic identification document 
and a valid license or permit which is issued pursuant to 
the law of a State and which permits the person to carry 
a concealed firearm, may carry a concealed handgun 
(other than a machinegun or destructive device) that has 
been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign com-
merce, in any State, other than the State of residence of 
the person, that— 
‘‘(1) has a statute that allows residents of the 
State to obtain licenses or permits to carry concealed 
firearms; or 
‘‘(2) does not prohibit the carrying of concealed 
firearms by residents of the State for lawful pur-
poses. 
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‘‘(b) A person carrying a concealed handgun under 
this section shall be permitted to carry a handgun subject 
to the same conditions or limitations that apply to resi-
dents of the State who have permits issued by the State 
or are otherwise lawfully allowed to do so by the State. 
‘‘(c) In a State that allows the issuing authority for 
licenses or permits to carry concealed firearms to impose 
restrictions on the carrying of firearms by individual hold-
ers of such licenses or permits, a firearm shall be carried 
according to the same terms authorized by an unrestricted 
license or permit issued to a resident of the State. 
‘‘(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pre-
empt any provision of State law with respect to the 
issuance of licenses or permits to carry concealed fire-
arms.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 926C the following: 
‘‘926D. Reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.’’. 
(c) SEVERABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, if any provision of this section, or any 
amendment made by this section, or the application of 
such provision or amendment to any person or cir-
cumstance is held to be unconstitutional, this section and 
amendments made by this section and the application of 
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such provision or amendment to other persons or cir-
cumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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