Traveler’s Gun Rights Act

Bill: 118-hr-1508
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-03-09
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

Firearms and explosives

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 18.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Traveler's Gun Rights Act</b></p> <p>This bill broadens the scope of allowable firearms transactions involving active duty service members and their spouses and individuals who do not have a residence in any state.</p> <p>Currently, federal firearms laws generally prohibit a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a gun dealer) from sell or delivering a firearm to an individual whose state of residence is different than the state where the licensee's place of business is located.</p> <p>This bill defines the term <i>state of residence</i> as the state in which an individual is present with an intention of making a home.</p> <p>In the case of an individual who does not have a physical residence in any state, then the term <i>state of residence</i> means the address of the individual's private mailbox or post office box.</p> <p>In the case of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, the term <i>state of residence</i> means (1) the state in which the member's permanent duty station is located, and (2) the state where the member maintains a place of abode from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1508 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2023 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. McClintock , Mr. Gosar , Mr. LaTurner , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Perry , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Bacon , Mr. LaMalfa , and Mr. Stewart ) 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 define State of residence and resident , and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Traveler’s Gun Rights Act . 2. State of residence (a) Definitions Section 921 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking (a) before As used ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (38) (A) The term State of residence means— (i) the State in which an individual resides; (ii) in the case of an individual, or spouse of an individual, who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces— (I) the State in which the permanent duty station of the member is located; and (II) the State in which the member maintains a place of abode from which the member commutes each day to the permanent duty station of the member; or (iii) in the case of an individual who does not have a physical residence in any State, the State in which an individual maintains a private mailbox or post office box. (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i)— (i) an individual resides in a State if the individual is present in the State with the intention of making a home in that State; and (ii) an individual who maintains a home in more than 1 State is a resident of each such State during the time when the individual is present in that State. (39) The term resident , with respect to a State, means an individual who satisfies clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (38)(A) with respect to that State. ; and (2) by striking subsection (b). (b) National instant criminal background check system Section 922(t)(1)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking transferee containing a photograph of the transferee. and inserting the following: transferee— (i) containing a photograph of the transferee; and (ii) containing— (I) the address of the residence of the transferee; or (II) the address for a private mailbox or post office box maintained by the transferee, if the transferee does not have a physical residence in any State. .