[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1691 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1691

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain 
   procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain 
       Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 12, 2011

 Mr. Begich (for himself and Mr. Hatch) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain 
   procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain 
       Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.

    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 ``Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT INTERSTATE FIREARMS TRANSACTIONS.

    (a) Firearms Dispositions.--Section 922(b)(3)(A) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``rifle or shotgun'' and inserting 
        ``firearm'';
            (2) by striking ``located'' and inserting ``located or 
        temporarily located''; and
            (3) by striking ``both such States'' and inserting ``the 
        State in which the transfer is conducted and the State of 
        residence of the transferee''.
    (b) Dealer Location.--Section 923 of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``, and such 
                location is in the State which is specified on the 
                license''; and
                    (B) in the last sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``transfer,'' after 
                        ``sell,''; and
                            (ii) by striking all that follows ``Act'' 
                        and inserting a period; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the 
sale, transfer, delivery, or other disposition of a firearm or 
ammunition--
            ``(1) by a person licensed under this chapter to another 
        person so licensed, at any location in any State; or
            ``(2) by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or 
        licensed dealer to a person not licensed under this chapter, at 
        a temporary location described in subsection (j) in any 
        State.''.
    (c) Residence of United States Officers.--Section 921 of such title 
is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) For purposes of this chapter:
            ``(1) A member of the Armed Forces on active duty is a 
        resident of--
                    ``(A) the State in which the member maintains legal 
                residence;
                    ``(B) the State in which the permanent duty station 
                of the member is located; and
                    ``(C) the State in which the member maintains a 
                place of abode from which the member commutes each day 
                to the permanent duty station.
            ``(2) An officer or employee of the United States (other 
        than a member of the Armed Forces) stationed outside the United 
        States for a period exceeding one year is a resident of the 
        State in which the member maintains legal residence.''.
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