Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Latest action · Apr 23, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
This bill broadens the scope of allowable firearms transactions involving active duty service members and their spouses.
Specifically, the bill allows a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States. Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States.
The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is 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, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2021 to Jul 11, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Feb 26, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Mar 3, 2021 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Mar 3, 2021 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Jan 12, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | May 12, 2022 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Jul 11, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Feb 11, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 26, February 11, 2021, page H503.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5875 | Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 10, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
