[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 903 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 903

To clarify State of residence requirements for aliens and nonimmigrant 
  requirements for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States 
                                 Code.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2013

Mr. Reid (for Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, 
  Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Reed)) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To clarify State of residence requirements for aliens and nonimmigrant 
  requirements for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States 
                                 Code.

    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 ``Alien Gun Violence Prevention Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. STATE OF RESIDENCE CLARIFICATION.

    Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 921, by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) For purposes of this chapter, an alien, as defined in section 
101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)), 
who is legally in the United States shall be considered to be a 
resident of a State only if the alien--
            ``(1) is residing in the State; and
            ``(2) has resided in the State for not less than 90 days 
        before the date of sale or delivery of a firearm.''; and
            (2) in section 922--
                    (A) in subsection (d)(5)(B), by striking ``(y)(2)'' 
                and all that follows and inserting ``(y), is in the 
                United States not as an alien lawfully admitted for 
                permanent residence;'';
                    (B) in subsection (g)(5)(B), by striking ``(y)(2)'' 
                and all that follows and inserting ``(y), is in the 
                United States not as an alien lawfully admitted for 
                permanent residence;''; and
                    (C) in subsection (y)--
                            (i) in the heading by striking ``Admitted 
                        Under Nonimmigrant Visas'' and inserting ``Not 
                        Lawfully Admitted for Permanent Residence'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (1), by amending 
                        subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
            ``(B) the term `lawfully admitted for permanent residence' 
        has the same meaning as in section 101(a)(20) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)).'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``under 
                        a nonimmigrant visa'' and inserting ``but not 
                        lawfully admitted for permanent residence''; 
                        and
                            (iv) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
                        ``admitted to the United States under a 
                        nonimmigrant visa'' and inserting ``lawfully 
                        admitted to the United States but not as an 
                        alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
                        residence''.
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