[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 388 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 388

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard 
 in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed 
                         firearms in the State.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 25, 2007

Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Inhofe, 
Mr. Coburn, Mr. Burr, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Cornyn, 
  Mrs. Dole, Mr. Craig, and Mr. Lott) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard 
 in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed 
                         firearms in the State.

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

SECTION 1. NATIONAL STANDARD FOR THE CARRYING OF CERTAIN CONCEALED 
              FIREARMS BY NONRESIDENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 926C the following:
``Sec. 926D. National standard for the carrying of certain concealed 
              firearms by nonresidents
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the law of any 
State or political subdivision thereof, a person who is not prohibited 
by Federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a 
firearm and is carrying a valid license or permit which is issued by a 
State and which permits the person to carry a concealed firearm (other 
than a machinegun or destructive device) may carry in any State a 
concealed firearm (other than a machinegun or destructive device) that 
has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, 
subject to subsection (b).
    ``(b) Limitations.--
            ``(1) In general.--If a State other than the State that 
        issued the license or permit described in subsection (a) issues 
        licenses or permits to carry concealed firearms, a person may 
        carry a concealed firearm in that State under the same 
        restrictions which apply to the carrying of a concealed firearm 
        by a person to whom that State has issued such a license or 
        permit.
            ``(2) Other limitations.--If a State other than the State 
        that issued the license or permit described in subsection (a) 
        does not issue licenses or permits to carry concealed firearms, 
        a person may not, in that State, carry a concealed firearm in a 
        police station, in a public detention facility, in a 
        courthouse, in a public polling place, at a meeting of a State, 
        county, or municipal governing body, in a school, at a 
        professional or school athletic event not related to firearms, 
        in a portion of an establishment licensed by that State to 
        dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, 
        or inside the sterile or passenger area of an airport, except 
        to the extent expressly permitted by the law of that State.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 926C the following:

``926D. National standard for the carrying of certain concealed 
                            firearms by nonresidents.''.
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