Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which President-elect Donald Trump has said he will sign. Companion legislation was filed by senators and congressmen led by Texas and North Carolina Republicans with multiple cosponsors.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Iowa Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) are leading a legislative effort in Washington, D.C., to streamline reciprocity for concealed carry permit holders. The bill, known as the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act,

Congressional approval is being sought to allow people with state-issued concealed carry licenses or permits to conceal a handgun in any other state.

Two North Carolina Republicans are among the 44 cosponsors of Sen. John Cornyn’s proposal for federal concealed-carry reciprocity among the states. North Carolina Sen. Tillis, Texas Sens. Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa together brought the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act to the chamber on Thursday.

The two Texas U.S. Senators and several other GOP lawmakers introduced a new bill that would make it easier to travel to different states with concealed carry guns.

North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis is pushing a bill that would change how concealed carry permits work across state lines.