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Introduced Session

Visa Waiver Program Firearms Clarification Act of 2015 The bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the eligibility of certain foreign nationals to purchase and possess firearms in the United States. Current law prohibits firearm sale or transfer to or possession by a foreign national (i.e., alien) who is: (1) unlawfully present in the United States, or (2) lawfully present under a nonimmigrant visa (e.g., tourist visa). The prohibitions do not apply in certain circumstances.

Committee Categories

Dick Durbin (D)*,  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Cory Booker (D),  Barbara Boxer (D),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Mazie Hirono (D),  Angus King (I),  Ed Markey (D),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Chris Murphy (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8164) (on 11/19/2015)

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