,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dcja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bc1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,hawley introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 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 mail1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,u4,s4 ,military ,right to ,carry ,act4 
#b4 ,concealed carry renewals by mail   
for members of the ,armed ,forces  7a7  
,in general ,a ,state that receives     
funds under subpart #a of part ,e of    
title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control
 and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajaea et seq47 shall have in 
place-- 7#a7 a law or policy that       
permits a member of the ,armed ,forces  
who is a resident of the ,state and who 
is outside of the ,state under orders to

 renew a permit to carry a concealed    
firearm through the mail2 and  7#b7 a   
law or policy that treats a member of   
the ,armed ,forces on active duty in the
 ,state as a resident of the ,state for 
purposes of issuing a permit to carry a 
concealed firearm in the ,state4  7b7   
,reduction in funds ,beginning in the   
first fiscal year that begins after the 
date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
,attorney ,general shall1 with respect  
to the amount that a ,state would       
otherwise receive under the grant       
program described in subsection 7a7--   
7#a7 reduce such amount by #e percent in
 the case of a ,state that fails to     
comply with the requirement under       
subsection 7a77#a72 and  7#b7 reduce    
such amount by #e percent in the case of
 a ,state that fails to comply with the 
requirement under subsection 7a77#b74   
7c7 ,reallocation ,the ,attorney        
,general shall reallocate amounts not   
awarded to a ,state pursuant to         
subsection 7b7 to ,states that comply   

with the requirement under subsection   
7a74