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National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is carrying a valid, government-issued identification document containing that person's photograph and a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm in one state, and who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm under federal law, to possess or carry a concealed handgun (other than a machine gun or destructive device) in another state in accordance with the restrictions of that state.
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct an audit of: (1) state laws and regulations that authorize the issuance of a concealed firearm permit or license to a nonresident, including a description of the permitting or licensing requirements; (2) the number of such valid permits or licenses issued or denied (and the basis for such denials) to nonresidents by each state; and (3) the effectiveness of such state laws and regulations in protecting the public safety.
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the ability of state and local law enforcement authorities to verify the validity of concealed firearm licenses or permits issued by other states.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 822 as passed House amended on Nov 16, 2011. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Nov 16, 2011Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveNov 16, 2011
House Nov 16, 2011 · the primary vote
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State
Passed
272 Yea 154 Nay 7 not voting
Crossed both parties 50 of 426 voting members broke with their own party: 43 Democrats, 7 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 822 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 822 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
96 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.