[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2391 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2391

To prohibit any Federal agency from issuing or enforcing certain rules 
 that may be applied to restrict the transportation or possession of a 
                   firearm on a public Federal road.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2001

  Mr. Hostettler (for himself and Mr. Young of Alaska) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit any Federal agency from issuing or enforcing certain rules 
 that may be applied to restrict the transportation or possession of a 
                   firearm on a public Federal road.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RULES RESTRICTING TRANSPORTATION OR POSSESSION OF FIREARMS 
              ON FEDERAL ROADS.

    (a) In General.--No Federal agency may issue or enforce any rule 
that may be applied to restrict the transportation or possession of a 
firearm by a person at a location on a public Federal road, unless--
            (1) the rule is less restrictive than or equally 
        restrictive as State laws and rules that apply to such 
        transportation or possession; or
            (2) the Secretary of Defense, for reasons of national 
        defense, publishes a determination that the restriction under 
        this subsection on issuing and enforcing rules should not apply 
        to such transportation or possession.
    (b) Conspicuous Notice.--If the Secretary publishes a determination 
under subsection (a)(2) for a location on a public Federal road, the 
Secretary shall post signs that give conspicuous notice to a person 
traveling at that location that the transportation or possession of a 
firearm on such road may be subject to Federal restrictions that are 
more restrictive than the States laws and rules that would otherwise 
apply. The head of the Federal agency with administrative jurisdiction 
over the location shall allow the Secretary to post such signs.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the same meaning given 
        to that term under section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Firearm.--The term ``firearm'' has the same meaning 
        given to that term under section 921 of title 18, United States 
        Code, except that the term includes an antique firearm (as that 
        term is used in that section).
            (3) Public federal road.--The term ``public Federal 
        road''--
                    (A) means any road that--
                            (i) is accessible to the public;
                            (ii) is located on federally owned or 
                        administered property; and
                            (iii) is generally usable for travel 
                        between points that are not located on that 
                        property; and
                    (B) includes areas adjacent and related to such 
                road, including such areas that are scenic overlooks or 
                rest areas.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Defense.
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