Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer of firearms to ship to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States or to clubs composed of such members and spouses, and authorizes such a spouse or club to receive, a firearm or ammunition generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes and intended for the personal use of such spouse or club. Describes a member of the Armed Forces on active duty or a spouse of such member, for purposes of federal firearms provisions, as a resident of the state in which: (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, or (3) the member maintains a place of abode from which the member commutes each day to the member's permanent duty station.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: June 1, 2015
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d114:HN02259:@@@L&summ2=m&
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43 sponsors: Scott Rigell; Robert Aderholt; Rick Allen; Mark Amodei; Brian Babin; Ken Calvert; John Carter; Tom Cole; Kevin Cramer; Ander Crenshaw; John Culberson; Scott DesJarlais; Christopher Gibson; Sam Graves; Jody Hice; Darrell Issa; Bill Johnson; Sam Johnson; David Joyce; Steve King; John Kline; Barry Loudermilk; David McKinley; Mark Meadows; Luke Messer; Jeff Miller; Dan Newhouse; Pete Olson; Steven Palazzo; Robert Pittenger; Bruce Poliquin; John Ratcliffe; Reid Ribble; Todd Rokita; Thomas Rooney; Pete Sessions; Jason Smith; Elise Stefanik; Chris Stewart; Joe Wilson; Robert Wittman; David Young; Ryan Zinke
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jun 1 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | May 12 2015 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 15 2015 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill