US Congress House Bill 256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-04-25 - 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.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-25	House	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.
2017-01-12	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H396)
2017-01-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-01-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-01-04	House	Introduced in House

SB394 (Same As) 2017-02-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
HB5515 (Related) 2018-08-13 - Became Public Law No: 115-232.
HR1019 (Similar To) 2018-07-24 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/256/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr256/BILLS-115hr256ih.pdf