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Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell a firearm to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty.) The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the U.S. 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.

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Blake Farenthold (R)*,  Rick Allen (R),  Brian Babin (R),  Buddy Carter (R),  Louie Gohmert (R),  Jody Hice (R),  Steve King (R),  David McKinley (R),  Mark Meadows (R),  Dan Newhouse (R),  Pete Olson (R),  Steven Palazzo (R),  Bruce Poliquin (R),  John Ratcliffe (R),  Todd Rokita (R),  Pete Sessions (R),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Chris Stewart (R), 

ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Hunter asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 256, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Farenthold, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. (on 04/25/2018)

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