[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5546 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5546

 To preempt State laws preventing a major city from regulating firearm-
  related conduct in the city that occurs in or affects interstate or 
                           foreign commerce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2016

  Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To preempt State laws preventing a major city from regulating firearm-
  related conduct in the city that occurs in or affects interstate or 
                           foreign commerce.

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

SECTION 1. PREEMPTION OF STATE LAWS PREVENTING A MAJOR CITY FROM 
              REGULATING FIREARMS-RELATED CONDUCT IN THE CITY THAT 
              OCCURS IN OR AFFECTS INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE.

    (a) In General.--If a law or rule of a major city, pertaining to 
conduct in the city that is in relation to firearms and that occurs in 
or affects interstate or foreign commerce, conflicts with the 
constitution, or a law or regulation, of the State in which the city is 
located, the former shall control.
    (b) Definitions.--In subsection (a):
            (1) Firearm.--The term ``firearm'' has the meaning given in 
        section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code.
            (2) Major city.--The term ``major city'' means a city that 
        has a population of at least 500,000 inhabitants, as determined 
        by the most recent decennial population census conducted by the 
        Bureau of the Census.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 
        Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
        Samoa.
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