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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 2502 (Introduced in Senate) — To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System... · Sec. 119

Sec. 119. Firearm commerce modernization

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Section 922(b)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking located and inserting located or temporarily located ; and in subparagraph (A)— by striking rifle or shotgun and inserting firearm ; by striking located and inserting located or temporarily located ; and by striking both such States and inserting the State in which the transfer is conducted and the State of residence of the transferee . Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (j)— in the first sentence, by striking , and such location is in the State which is specified on the license ; and in the last sentence— by inserting transfer, after sell, ; and by striking Act, and all that follows and inserting Act. ; and by adding at the end the following:
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the sale, transfer, delivery, or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition— by a person licensed under this chapter to another person so licensed, at any location in any State; or by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to a person not licensed under this chapter, at a temporary location described in subsection
(j)in any State. . Section 921 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection
(b)and inserting the following: For purposes of this chapter: A member of the Armed Forces on active duty, or a spouse of such a member, is a resident of— the State in which the member or spouse maintains legal residence; the State in which the permanent duty station of the member is located; and the State in which the member maintains a place of abode from which the member commutes each day to the permanent duty station of the member. An officer or employee of the United States (other than a member of the Armed Forces) who is stationed outside the United States for a period of more than 1 year, and a spouse of such an officer or employee, is a resident of the State in which the person maintains legal residence. .
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