U.S. Military Right to Carry Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7715 To encourage States to permit members of the Armed Forces who are outside of the State under orders to renew a permit to carry a concealed firearm through the mail, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 21, 2020 Mr. SMITH of Missouri (for himself, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. BUDD, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. KELLER, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. MULLIN, and Mr. SPANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To encourage States to permit members of the Armed Forces who are outside of the State under orders to renew a permit to carry a concealed firearm through the mail, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘U.S. Military Right 4 to Carry Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:08 Aug 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7715.IH H7715 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7715 IH SEC. 2. CONCEALED CARRY RENEWALS BY MAIL FOR MEM- 1 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds under 3 subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con- 4 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et 5 seq.) shall have in place— 6 (1) a law or policy that permits a member of 7 the Armed Forces who is a resident of the State and 8 who is outside of the State under orders to renew a 9 permit to carry a concealed firearm through the 10 mail; and 11 (2) a law or policy that treats a member of the 12 Armed Forces on active duty in the State as a resi- 13 dent of the State for purposes of issuing a permit 14 to carry a concealed firearm in the State. 15 (b) REDUCTION IN FUNDS.—Beginning in the first 16 fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this 17 Act, the Attorney General shall, with respect to the 18 amount that a State would otherwise receive under the 19 grant program described in subsection (a)— 20 (1) reduce such amount by 5 percent in the 21 case of a State that fails to comply with the require- 22 ment under subsection (a)(1); and 23 (2) reduce such amount by 5 percent in the 24 case of a State that fails to comply with the require- 25 ment under subsection (a)(2). 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:08 Aug 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7715.IH H7715 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7715 IH (c) REALLOCATION.—The Attorney General shall re- 1 allocate amounts not awarded to a State pursuant to sub- 2 section (b) to States that comply with the requirement 3 under subsection (a). 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:08 Aug 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7715.IH H7715 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS