[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 92 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2274. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2019 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 in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROTECTING MILITARY FAMILIES' 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

       (a) 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''.
       (b) 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.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     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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