S.Amdt. 907

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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