Title: U.S. Military Right to Carry Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
U.S. Military Right to Carry Act
This bill requires a state that receives funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to have implemented (1) a law or policy authorizing members of the Armed Forces who are outside of their state of residence under orders to renew a permit to carry a concealed firearm through the mail, and (2) a law or policy that treats members of the Armed Forces on active duty in the state as residents of the state for purposes of issuing a permit to carry a concealed firearm in the state. The Department of Justice must reduce by 5% the amount that a state would otherwise receive under the grant program if the state fails to comply with either requirement.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 720 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 720

   To encourage States to permit members of the Armed Forces who are 
    outside of the State under orders to renew a permit to carry a 
      concealed firearm through the mail, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 2021

  Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To encourage States to permit members of the Armed Forces who are 
    outside of the State under orders to renew a permit to carry a 
      concealed firearm through the mail, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``U.S. Military Right to Carry Act''.

SEC. 2. CONCEALED CARRY RENEWALS BY MAIL FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    (a) In General.--A State that receives funds under subpart 1 of 
part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) shall have in place--
            (1) a law or policy that permits a member of the Armed 
        Forces who is a resident of the State and who is outside of the 
        State under orders to renew a permit to carry a concealed 
        firearm through the mail; and
            (2) a law or policy that treats a member of the Armed 
        Forces on active duty in the State as a resident of the State 
        for purposes of issuing a permit to carry a concealed firearm 
        in the State.
    (b) Reduction in Funds.--Beginning in the first fiscal year that 
begins after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall, with respect to the amount that a State would otherwise receive 
under the grant program described in subsection (a)--
            (1) reduce such amount by 5 percent in the case of a State 
        that fails to comply with the requirement under subsection 
        (a)(1); and
            (2) reduce such amount by 5 percent in the case of a State 
        that fails to comply with the requirement under subsection 
        (a)(2).
    (c) Reallocation.--The Attorney General shall reallocate amounts 
not awarded to a State pursuant to subsection (b) to States that comply 
with the requirement under subsection (a).
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