Federal

Tribal Firearm Access Act

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What This Bill Does

This bill allows members of federally recognized Tribes to show Tribal government identification documents when buying firearms from federally licensed firearms dealers. The bill changes federal law to accept Tribal government ID as valid identification for this purpose.

Who It Affects

Members of federally recognized Tribes, federally licensed firearms dealers, and federal agencies that enforce firearm laws.

Key Provisions

• Federally licensed firearms dealers must accept valid identification documents issued by a Tribal government when selling firearms to Tribal members. (Sec. 2(a)) • "Tribal government" means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation that appears on the official list of federally recognized Indian tribes. (Sec. 2(b))

What Changes

Federal law now adds Tribal government identification documents to the types of identification that are acceptable when purchasing firearms from a federally licensed dealer. Previously, federal law did not specifically list Tribal government ID as acceptable identification.

Important Definitions

Tribal government: the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation listed in the official federal registry of recognized tribes.

Effective Date

The changes take effect 90 days after the law is enacted.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1709 To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal govern- ment identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 22, 2023 Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mr. COLE, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. BACON, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. MACE, Mrs. BICE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mrs. MILLER- MEEKS, Mr. MANN, and Mr. SMITH of Nebraska) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Firearm Access 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Apr 05, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1709.IH H1709 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 1709 IH SEC. 2. ALLOWING MEMBERS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED 1 TRIBES TO USE THEIR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT 2 IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS IN OBTAINING 3 A FIREARM FROM A FEDERALLY LICENSED 4 FIREARMS DEALER. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(t)(1)(D) of title 18, 6 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or a valid 7 identification document issued by a Tribal government’’ 8 before the period. 9 (b) DEFINITION.—Section 921(a) of such title is 10 amended by adding at the end the following: 11 ‘‘(38) The term ‘Tribal government’ means the recog- 12 nized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native 13 Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, compo- 14 nent band, or component reservation, individually identi- 15 fied (including parenthetically) in the list published most 16 recently as of the date of the enactment of this paragraph 17 pursuant to section 104(a) of the Federally Recognized 18 Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)).’’. 19 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 20 this section shall take effect on the date that is 90 days 21 after the date of enactment of this Act. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Apr 05, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1709.IH H1709 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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