[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5141-S5142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 907. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     TITLE __--PROTECT OUR MILITARY FAMILIES' 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS

     SEC. _01. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Protect Our Military 
     Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act''.

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     SEC. _02. RECEIPT OF FIREARM OR AMMUNITION BY SPOUSE OF 
                   MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES AT A DUTY STATION OF 
                   THE MEMBER OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

       Section 925(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``, or to the spouse of such a member,'' 
     before ``or to'';
       (2) by striking ``members,'' and inserting ``members and 
     spouses,'';
       (3) by striking ``members or'' and inserting ``members, 
     spouses, or''; and
       (4) by striking ``member or'' and inserting ``member, 
     spouse, or''.

     SEC. _03. RESIDENCY OF SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
                   TO BE DETERMINED ON THE SAME BASIS AS THE 
                   RESIDENCY OF SUCH MEMBERS FOR PURPOSES OF 
                   FEDERAL FIREARMS LAWS.

       Section 921(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(b) For purposes of this chapter, a member of the Armed 
     Forces on active duty, or a spouse of such a member, is a 
     resident of--
       ``(1) the State in which the member or spouse maintains 
     legal residence;
       ``(2) the State in which the permanent duty station of the 
     member is located; and
       ``(3) the State in which the member maintains a place of 
     abode from which the member commutes each day to the 
     permanent duty station of the member.''.

     SEC. _04. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The amendments made by this title shall apply to conduct 
     engaged in after the 6-month period that begins on the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
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