Title: PREACH Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Protecting Religious Exemptions for Amish Communities and Households Act or the PREACH Act
This bill allows an individual who is a member of an Amish or Mennonite church to use a state-issued identification document (that does not require a photograph of the individual) to obtain a firearm from a federally licensed dealer.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6182 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6182

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to allow a religious exemption 
for certain individuals from photo identification requirements, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2021

  Mr. Gibbs (for himself and Mr. Balderson) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to allow a religious exemption 
for certain individuals from photo identification requirements, 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 ``Protecting Religious Exemptions for 
Amish Communities and Households Act'' or the ``PREACH Act''.

SEC. 2. RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FOR AMISH AND MENNONITES FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC 
              IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT TO PURCHASE A FIREARM FROM A 
              FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER.

    (a) In General.--Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting ``or, in the case of 
        a transferee whom the Attorney General certifies has qualified 
        for a religious exemption under paragraph (7), the 
        certification and the identification document described in 
        paragraph (7)(A)(ii)'' before the period; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(7)(A) An individual desiring a religious exemption under this 
paragraph shall submit to the Attorney General--
            ``(i) a letter from a bishop of an Amish or Mennonite 
        church who is registered with the State as such a bishop, 
        indicating that the individual is a member of the church and 
        sincerely believes in the teachings of the church;
            ``(ii) an identification document issued by the State, 
        which shall not be required to include a photograph of the 
        individual; and
            ``(iii) all documents of the individual that were required 
        by the State for the issuance of the identification document.
    ``(B) On verification of the validity of the letter and documents 
described in subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall certify that 
the individual has qualified for a religious exemption under this 
paragraph.''.

SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION.

    Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to 
implement the amendments made by section 2.
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