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: Firearms and explosives: Military personnel and dependents: 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: August 5, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1992/all-info
Companion Bill: HB2259
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7 sponsors: Mike Rounds (R); John Thune (R); Steve Daines (R); James Inhofe (R); Michael Enzi (R); Mike Crapo (R); Pat Roberts (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Aug 5 2015 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Aug 17 2015 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Armed Services
There have not been any votes on this bill