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Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a member of the Armed Forces and the spouse of that member shall have the same rights regarding the receipt of firearms at the location of any duty station of the member.
Summary
This bill extends federal firearms rights to spouses of active duty armed forces members. It permits spouses to receive firearms and ammunition at the same locations where the military member can receive them, including at the member's duty station. The bill defines residency for spouses of active duty members for purposes of federal firearms law as the state where they maintain legal residence, or the state where the member's permanent duty station is located, or the state where the member maintains a place of abode to commute from. This allows spouses to purchase or receive firearms in multiple states, consistent with the residency rules that apply to the military member. The amendments become effective 180 days after enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
11 cosponsors
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND)
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] (R-ND)
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS)
- Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA)
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID)
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mike Rounds’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $30,350
- NULL $26,450
- APOLLO $19,250
- ROCKET MORTGAGE $15,700
- APOLLO MGMT. $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Mike Rounds → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Mar 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Mar 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025
Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Risch, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Justice, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a member of the Armed Forces and the spouse of that member shall have the same rights regarding the receipt of firearms at the location of any duty station of the member.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act”.
SEC. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to conduct engaged in after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>
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