S.Amdt. 2274

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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