[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 176 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 176

 To establish minimum standards for States that allow the carrying of 
                          concealed firearms.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish minimum standards for States that allow the carrying of 
                          concealed firearms.

    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 ``Common Sense Concealed Firearms 
Permit Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. CONCEALED FIREARMS PERMITS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 926C, the following:
``Sec. 926D. Concealed firearms permits
    ``(a) In General.--Each State that allows residents of the State to 
carry concealed firearms shall--
            ``(1) establish a process to issue permits to residents of 
        the State to carry concealed firearms; and
            ``(2) require that each resident of the State seeking to 
        carry a concealed firearm in the State obtain a permit through 
        the process established under paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Requirements.--In establishing a process to issue permits to 
carry concealed firearms under subsection (a), a State shall--
            ``(1) ensure that a local law enforcement agency 
        participates in the process; and
            ``(2) at a minimum, require that an applicant for a permit 
        to carry a concealed firearm--
                    ``(A) be a legal resident of the United States;
                    ``(B) be not less than 21 years of age;
                    ``(C) demonstrate good cause for requesting a 
                concealed firearm permit; and
                    ``(D) demonstrate that the applicant is worthy of 
                the public trust to carry a concealed firearm in 
                public.
    ``(c) Law Enforcement Agency Report.--If a State establishes a 
process under subsection (a) that allows for an agency other than a law 
enforcement agency to issue permits to carry concealed firearms, the 
process shall require that--
            ``(1) a local law enforcement agency submit to the agency 
        responsible for issuing permits a written report that describes 
        whether the applicant meets the standards of the State to carry 
        a concealed firearm; and
            ``(2) the agency responsible for issuing permits maintain a 
        report submitted under paragraph (1) in the file of the 
        applicant.
    ``(d) Definition.--In this section, the term `local law enforcement 
agency' means a law enforcement agency of the unit of local government 
with jurisdiction of the area in which the applicant for a permit to 
carry a concealed firearm resides.
    ``(e) Compliance.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, each State described in subsection (a) shall 
be in compliance with this section.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 926C the following:

``926D. Concealed firearms permits.''.
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