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H.R. 2259: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

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H.R. 2259: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-12 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

Plain summary

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer of firearms to ship to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States or to clubs composed of such members and spouses, and authorizes such a spouse or club to receive, a firearm or ammunition generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes and intended for the personal use of such spouse or club. Describes a member of the Armed Forces on active duty or a spouse of such member, for purposes of federal firearms provisions, as 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, or (3) the member maintains a place of abode from which the member commutes each day to the member's permanent duty station.

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Official text

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2] · 42 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joe Wilson (R-SC), John R. Carter (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Sam Graves (R-MO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jason Smith (R-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2259 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114