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Traveler's Gun Rights Act

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to define ``State of residence'' and ``resident'', and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 11, 2025

Latest action (Mar 11, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal JusticeGun Policy

Summary
  • Defines "State of residence" for federal firearms purposes based on where an individual lives, maintains a home, or is stationed
  • Allows active duty military members to claim residency in either their permanent duty station state or the state where they maintain a home
  • Permits individuals without a physical residence to claim residency based on a private mailbox or post office box location
  • Allows individuals with multiple homes to be considered residents of each state where they maintain a home
  • Modifies background check identification requirements to accept either a residential address or private mailbox address on identification documents
  • Removes the prior definition of "State of residence" from federal firearms law

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
11 cosponsors

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
  • Employer not reported $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)
  1. Mar 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
  2. Mar 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 2060 — Traveler’s Gun Rights Act · Introduced Mar 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 89%
  • S 726 — Ethan's Law · Introduced Feb 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • S 468 — SECURE Firearm Storage Act · Introduced Feb 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • S 961 — Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act · Introduced Mar 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • S 679 — LEOSA Reform Act · Introduced Feb 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 4546 — FIRE Act · Introduced Jul 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Mar 11, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025

Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Hoeven, 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 define “State of residence” and “resident”, and for other purposes.

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 “Traveler’s Gun Rights Act”.

SEC. 2. STATE OF RESIDENCE.

(a) Definitions.—Section 921 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking “(a)” before “As used”; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

“(38)(A) The term ‘State of residence’ means—

“(i) the State in which an individual resides;

“(ii) in the case of an individual, or spouse of an individual, who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces—

“(I) the State in which the permanent duty station of the member is located; and

“(II) 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; or

“(iii) in the case of an individual who does not have a physical residence in any State, the State in which an individual maintains a private mailbox or post office box.

“(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i)—

“(i) an individual resides in a State if the individual is present in the State with the intention of making a home in that State; and

“(ii) an individual who maintains a home in more than 1 State is a resident of each such State during the time when the individual is present in that State.

“(39) The term ‘resident’, with respect to a State, means an individual who satisfies clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (38)(A) with respect to that State.”; and

(2) by striking subsection (b).

(b) National Instant Criminal Background Check System.—Section 922(t)(1)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “transferee containing a photograph of the transferee.” and inserting the following: “transferee—

“(i) containing a photograph of the transferee; and

“(ii) containing—

“(I) the address of the residence of the transferee; or

“(II) the address for a private mailbox or post office box maintained by the transferee, if the transferee does not have a physical residence in any State.”. <all>

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