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Union Calendar No. 320 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 38 
[Report No. 115–433] 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a means by which non-
residents of a State whose residents may carry concealed firearms may 
also do so in the State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. HUDSON (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. LAMALFA, 
Mr. PALMER, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY 
of Florida, Mr. WALKER, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. CARTER 
of Georgia, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. HEN-
SARLING, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. COOK, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. FRANKS of 
Arizona, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. WENSTRUP, 
Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 
HUNTER, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. 
EMMER, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. 
ZELDIN, Mr. YOHO, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. BRAT, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. 
DUFFY, Mr. YODER, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. COLE, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. 
TURNER, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. KATKO, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. 
HILL, Mr. OLSON, Mr. HARPER, Mr. BUCK, and Mr. DIAZ-BALART) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
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Additional Sponsors: Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. DUNN, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 
BARR, Mr. LATTA, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. SHIMKUS, 
Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. PERRY, Mr. KNIGHT, Ms. HER-
RERA BEUTLER, Mr. BOST, Mr. GIBBS, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. CULBERSON, 
Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. COMER, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. SESSIONS, 
Mr. POSEY, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. CRAWFORD, 
Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. PEARCE, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. ROSS, Mr. 
RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, 
Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida, Mr. BUDD, Mr. 
YOUNG of Iowa, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. WILSON of South Caro-
lina, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. 
MARSHALL, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. 
YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
MITCHELL, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. 
WALBERG, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. DENHAM, 
Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. WOMACK, Ms. 
MCSALLY, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. 
LAHOOD, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. MESSER, Mr. 
FASO, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 
GUTHRIE, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, 
Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. 
BABIN, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. HIG-
GINS of Louisiana, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. MARINO, Mr. 
MACARTHUR, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
MOOLENAAR, Mr. REED, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. MURPHY of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. FLORES, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. POE of Texas, 
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. STEWART, Mr. 
LUCAS, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. 
LONG, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. DENT, Mr. BLUM, Mrs. 
ROBY, Mr. NUNES, Mr. BARTON, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. 
LABRADOR, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. 
POLIQUIN, Mr. ESTES of Kansas, Mr. JONES, Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota, 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. BACON, 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. COFFMAN, Ms. 
JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. TROTT, Mr. 
CALVERT, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. HANDEL, Mr. GOOD-
LATTE, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. ROHRABACHER, and Mr. 
CURTIS 
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Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 3, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a means 
by which nonresidents of a State whose residents may 
carry concealed firearms may also do so in the State. 
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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 ‘‘Concealed Carry Reci-
procity Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. 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 (except as provided in 
subsection (b)) and subject only to the requirements of this 
section, a person who is not prohibited by Federal law from 
possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm, 
who is carrying a valid identification document containing 
a photograph of the person, and who is carrying 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 or is entitled to carry a concealed firearm in the 
State in which the person resides, may possess or carry a 
concealed handgun (other than a machinegun or destructive 
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device) that has been shipped or transported in interstate 
or foreign commerce, in any State that— 
‘‘(1) has a statute under which residents of the 
State may apply for a license or permit to carry a 
concealed firearm; or 
‘‘(2) does not prohibit the carrying of concealed 
firearms by residents of the State for lawful purposes. 
‘‘(b) This section shall not be construed to supersede 
or limit the laws of any State that— 
‘‘(1) permit private persons or entities to pro-
hibit or restrict the possession of concealed firearms 
on their property; or 
‘‘(2) prohibit or restrict the possession of fire-
arms on any State or local government property, in-
stallation, building, base, or park. 
‘‘(c)(1) A person who carries or possesses a concealed 
handgun in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) may 
not be arrested or otherwise detained for violation of any 
law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political 
subdivision thereof related to the possession, transportation, 
or carrying of firearms unless there is probable cause to 
believe that the person is doing so in a manner not provided 
for by this section. Presentation of facially valid documents 
as specified in subsection (a) is prima facie evidence that 
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the individual has a license or permit as required by this 
section. 
‘‘(2) When a person asserts this section as a defense 
in a criminal proceeding, the prosecution shall bear the bur-
den of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the conduct 
of the person did not satisfy the conditions set forth in sub-
sections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(3) When a person successfully asserts this section as 
a defense in a criminal proceeding, the court shall award 
the prevailing defendant a reasonable attorney’s fee. 
‘‘(d)(1) A person who is deprived of any right, privi-
lege, or immunity secured by this section, under color of 
any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any 
State or any political subdivision thereof, may bring an 
action in any appropriate court against any other person, 
including a State or political subdivision thereof, who 
causes the person to be subject to the deprivation, for dam-
ages or other appropriate relief. 
‘‘(2) The court shall award a plaintiff prevailing in 
an action brought under paragraph (1) damages and such 
other relief as the court deems appropriate, including a rea-
sonable attorney’s fee. 
‘‘(e) In subsection (a): 
‘‘(1) The term ‘identification document’ means a 
document made or issued by or under the authority 
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of the United States Government, a State, or a polit-
ical subdivision of a State which, when completed 
with information concerning a particular individual, 
is of a type intended or commonly accepted for the 
purpose of identification of individuals. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘handgun’ includes any magazine 
for use in a handgun and any ammunition loaded 
into the handgun or its magazine. 
‘‘(f)(1) A person who possesses or carries a concealed 
handgun under subsection (a) shall not be subject to the pro-
hibitions of section 922(q) with respect to that handgun. 
‘‘(2) A person possessing or carrying a concealed hand-
gun in a State under subsection (a) may do so in any of 
the following areas in the State that are open to the public: 
‘‘(A) A unit of the National Park System. 
‘‘(B) A unit of the National Wildlife Refuge Sys-
tem. 
‘‘(C) Public land under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
‘‘(D) Land administered and managed by the 
Army Corps of Engineers. 
‘‘(E) Land administered and managed by the 
Bureau of Reclamation. 
‘‘(F) Land administered and managed by the 
Forest Service.’’. 
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(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 provi-
sion 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 circumstance is 
held to be unconstitutional, this section and amendments 
made by this section and the application of such provision 
or amendment to other persons or circumstances shall not 
be affected thereby. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act prohibits a law enforcement officer 
with reasonable suspicion of a violation of any law from 
conducting a brief investigative stop in accordance with the 
Constitution of the United States. 
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SEC. 4. CERTAIN OFF-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 
AND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 
ALLOWED TO CARRY A CONCEALED FIREARM, 
AND DISCHARGE A FIREARM, IN A SCHOOL 
ZONE. 
Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(vi); and 
(B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause 
(ix) and inserting after clause (vi) the following: 
‘‘(vii) by an off-duty law enforcement officer who 
is a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 
section 926B) and is authorized under such section to 
carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed; 
‘‘(viii) by a qualified retired law enforcement of-
ficer (as defined in section 926C) who is authorized 
under such section to carry a concealed firearm, if the 
firearm is concealed; or’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(iii); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (iv) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(v) by an off-duty law enforcement officer who 
is a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 
section 926B) and is authorized under such section to 
carry a concealed firearm; or 
‘‘(vi) by a qualified retired law enforcement offi-
cer (as defined in section 926C) who is authorized 
under such section to carry a concealed firearm.’’. 
SEC. 5. INTERSTATE CARRYING OF FIREARMS BY FEDERAL 
JUDGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, as amended by section 2(a) of this Act, is 
amended by inserting after section 926D the following: 
‘‘§ 926E. Interstate carrying of firearms by Federal 
judges 
‘‘Notwithstanding any provision of the law of any 
State or political subdivision thereof, a Federal judge may 
carry a concealed firearm in any State if such judge is not 
prohibited by Federal law from receiving a firearm.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
such chapter, as amended by section 2(b) of this Act, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
926D the following: 
‘‘926E. Interstate carrying of firearms by Federal judges.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 320 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 38 
[Report No. 115–433] 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 
a means by which nonresidents of a State whose 
residents may carry concealed firearms may also 
do so in the State. 
DECEMBER 4, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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