[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5523 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5523

   To protect the right of individuals to bear arms on Federal lands 
administered by the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
                              Management.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2010

Mr. Rehberg (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, and Mr. Broun of Georgia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To protect the right of individuals to bear arms on Federal lands 
administered by the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
                              Management.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Firearms Freedom 
on Federal Lands Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Section 512 of the Credit Card Accountability 
        Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-24) 
        prevents the Secretary of the Interior from promulgating or 
        enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from 
        possessing a firearm in any unit of the National Park System or 
        the National Wildlife Refuge System when certain conditions are 
        met.
            (2) The Secretary of Agriculture is not statutorily 
        prevented from promulgating or enforcing regulations that 
        prohibit an individual from possessing a firearm on Federal 
        lands administered by the United States Forest Service.
            (3) The Secretary of the Interior is not statutorily 
        prevented from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that 
        prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm on Federal 
        lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
            (4) The Antiquities Act of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431-433) 
        authorizes the President to designate National Monuments under 
        the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and the 
        Department of the Interior.
            (5) The Antiquities Act of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431-433) does 
        not expressly prohibit the President from restricting the legal 
        possession of firearms through Executive orders establishing 
        National Monuments.
            (6) The Second Amendment to the Constitution provides that 
        ``the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be 
        infringed.''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS TO BEAR ARMS ON FEDERAL 
              LANDS ADMINISTERED BY THE FOREST SERVICE AND BLM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
the Interior shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation or 
Executive order, including Presidential declarations authorized under 
the Antiquities Act of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431-433), that prohibit an 
individual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or 
functional firearm, in any unit administered by the United States 
Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management, if--
            (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from 
        possessing the firearm; and
            (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the 
        law of the State in which the unit of the National Forest 
        System or the Bureau of Land Management is located.
    (b) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed--
            (1) as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, or 
        responsibility of the several States to manage, control, or 
        regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law or 
        regulations, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, 
        trapping, and recreational shooting on public land managed by 
        the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the 
        Interior; or
            (2) as limiting access for hunting, fishing, trapping, or 
        recreational shooting.
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