I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 58 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain 
procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Fed-
eral restrictions on interstate firearms transactions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Mr. SCALISE (for himself and Mr. BOREN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 
update certain procedures applicable to commerce in fire-
arms and remove certain Federal restrictions on inter-
state firearms transactions. 
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 ‘‘Firearms Interstate 
Commerce Reform Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT INTERSTATE FIREARMS 
TRANSACTIONS. 
(a) FIREARMS DISPOSITIONS.—Section 922(b)(3)(A) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘rifle or shotgun’’ and inserting 
‘‘firearm’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘located’’ and inserting ‘‘located 
or temporarily located’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘both such States’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the State in which the transfer is conducted 
and the State of residence of the transferee’’. 
(b) DEALER LOCATION.—Section 923 of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (j)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, and 
such location is in the State which is specified 
on the license’’; and 
(B) in the last sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘transfer,’’ after 
‘‘sell,’’; and 
(ii) by striking all that follows ‘‘Act’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to 
prohibit the sale, transfer, delivery, or other disposition 
of a firearm or ammunition— 
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‘‘(1) by a person licensed under this chapter to 
another person so licensed, at any location in any 
State; or 
‘‘(2) by a licensed importer, licensed manufac-
turer, or licensed dealer to a person not licensed 
under this chapter, at a temporary location de-
scribed in subsection (j) in any State.’’. 
(c) RESIDENCE OF UNITED STATES OFFICERS.— 
Section 921 of such title is amended by striking subsection 
(b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) For purposes of this chapter: 
‘‘(1) A member of the Armed Forces on active 
duty is a resident of— 
‘‘(A) the State in which the member main-
tains legal residence; 
‘‘(B) the State in which the permanent 
duty station of the member is located; and 
‘‘(C) the State in which the member main-
tains a place of abode from which the member 
commutes each day to the permanent duty sta-
tion. 
‘‘(2) An officer or employee of the United 
States (other than a member of the Armed Forces) 
stationed outside the United States for a period ex-
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ceeding one year is a resident of the State in which 
the member maintains legal residence.’’. 
Æ 
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