119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Mar 11, 2025

S. 961

Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act

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Latest action (Mar 11, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Summary

Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Mar 11, 2025)

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

This bill broadens the scope of allowable firearms transactions involving active-duty service members and their spouses.

Specifically, the bill allows a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States. Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States.

The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the 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.

Sponsor

Mike Rounds (R-SD)

Cosponsors (11)

11 current

Rick Scott (R-FL) · Mar 11, 2025 · original
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) · Mar 11, 2025 · original
Kevin Cramer (R-ND) · Mar 11, 2025 · original
Ted Cruz (R-TX) · Mar 11, 2025 · original
John Hoeven (R-ND) · Mar 11, 2025 · original
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) · Mar 11, 2025 · original
James C. Justice (R-WV) · Mar 11, 2025 · original
Ted Budd (R-NC) · Mar 11, 2025 · original
James E. Risch (R-ID) · Mar 11, 2025 · original
Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) · Jun 17, 2025
David McCormick (R-PA) · Nov 10, 2025

Recorded votes on this bill

Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.

No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.

Actions

Mar 11, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 11, 2025 · Library of Congress
Introduced in Senate

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Lobbying reports citing this bill

LD-2 reports whose issue descriptions explicitly cite this bill (bill type and number validated against Congress.gov records). A citation does not establish the client's position or any contact with a member.

Coverage: reports for 2025 onward, posted Jan 1, 2025 through Oct 24, 2026.

11 citations.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$169,582
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 9548, H.R. 9719, H.R. 9979, H.R. 10583 Senate Bills and Resolutions: S. 65, S. 89, S. 119, S. 123, S. 137, S. 345, S. 364, S. 468, S. 597, S. 726, S. 889, S. 961, S. 1039, S. 1162, S. 1169, S. 1224, S. 1294, S. 1307, S. 1370, S. 1374, S. 1436, S. 1466, S. 1531, S. 1715, S. 1922, S. 1955, S. 2088, S. 2154, S. 2155, S. 21…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 22, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$293,250
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 9298, H.R. 9399, H.R. 9440, H.R. 9548 Senate Bills and Resolutions: S. 65, S. 89, S. 119, S. 123, S. 137, S. 345, S. 364, S. 468, S. 597, S. 726, S. 889, S. 961, S. 1039, S. 1162, S. 1169, S. 1224, S. 1294, S. 1307, S. 1370, S. 1374, S. 1436, S. 1466, S. 1531, S. 1715, S. 1922, S. 1955, S. 2088, S. 2154, S. 2155, S. 21…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 18, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$289,886
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 7827, H.R. 7935, H.R. 7965, H.R. 8059 Senate Bills and Resolutions: S. 65, S. 89, S. 119, S. 123, S. 137, S. 345, S. 364, S. 468, S. 597, S. 726, S. 889, S. 961, S. 1039, S. 1162, S. 1169, S. 1224, S. 1294, S. 1307, S. 1370, S. 1374, S. 1436, S. 1466, S. 1531, S. 1715, S. 1922, S. 1955, S. 2088, S. 2154, S. 2155, S. 21…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Apr 8, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$545,728
Spent on own lobbying
…the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to furnish to certain veterans items used for the secure storage of firearms, and for other purposes. S. 961 - Protect Our Military Families 2nd Amendment Rights Act S. 966 - Traveler's Gun Rights Act S. 1039 - PARTS Act S. 1162 - Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$136,298
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 6769, H.R. 6743, H.R. 6938, H.R. 6965 Senate Bills and Resolutions: S. 65, S. 89, S. 119, S. 123, S. 137, S. 345, S. 364, S. 468, S. 597, S. 726, S. 889, S. 961, S. 1039, S. 1162, S. 1169, S. 1224, S. 1294, S. 1307, S. 1370, S. 1374, S. 1436, S. 1466, S. 1531, S. 1715, S. 1922, S. 1955, S. 2088, S. 2154, S. 2155, S. 21…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Nov 7, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$465,065
Spent on own lobbying
…the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to furnish to certain veterans items used for the secure storage of firearms, and for other purposes. S. 961 - Protect Our Military Families 2nd Amendment Rights Act S. 966 - Traveler's Gun Rights Act S. 1039 - PARTS Act S. 1162 - Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 14, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$296,609
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 5306, H.R. 5453, H.R. 5672, H.R. 5622 Senate Bills and Resolutions: S. 65, S. 89, S. 119, S. 123, S. 137, S. 345, S. 364, S. 468, S. 597, S. 726, S. 889, S. 961, S. 1039, S. 1162, S. 1169, S. 1224, S. 1294, S. 1307, S. 1370, S. 1374, S. 1436, S. 1466, S. 1531, S. 1715, S. 1922, S. 1955, S. 2088, S. 2154, S. 2155, S. 21…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$679,015
Spent on own lobbying
…h to certain veterans items used for the secure storage of firearms, and for other purposes. H.R. 2070 - Protect Our Military Families 2nd Amendment Rights Act S. 961 - Protect Our Military Families 2nd Amendment Rights Act S. 1039 - PARTS Act H.R. 2105 - Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2025 H.R. 2184 - Firearm…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$304,783
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 4251, H.R. 4252, H.R. 4261, H.R. 4270 Senate Bills and Resolutions: S. 65, S. 89, S. 119, S. 123, S. 137, S. 345, S. 364, S. 468, S. 597, S. 726, S. 889, S. 961, S. 1039, S. 1162, S. 1169, S. 1224, S. 1294, S. 1307, S. 1370, S. 1374, S. 1436, S. 1466, S. 1531, S. 1715, S. 1922, S. 1955, S. 2088, S. 2154, S. 2155, S. 21…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted May 13, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$650,372
Spent on own lobbying
…h to certain veterans items used for the secure storage of firearms, and for other purposes. H.R. 2070 - Protect Our Military Families 2nd Amendment Rights Act S. 961 - Protect Our Military Families 2nd Amendment Rights Act S. 1039 - PARTS Act H.R. 2105 - Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2025 H.R. 2184 - Firearm…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted May 9, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$202,606
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 3033, H.R. 3034, H.R. 3129, H.R. 3228 Senate Bills and Resolutions: S. 65, S. 89, S. 119, S. 123, S. 137, S. 345, S. 364, S. 468, S. 597, S. 726, S. 889, S. 961, S. 1039, S. 1162, S. 1169, S. 1224, S. 1294, S. 1307, S. 1370, S. 1374, S. 1436 Non-legislative issues lobbied before Congress, the BATFE, Executive Office of…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing