1.This Act may be cited as the
Securing Citizens’ Protection at Federal Events
Act
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2.Prohibition on
carrying firearm near a place where a senior Federal official is holding an
official public event or carrying out an official or representational duty, or
where any person is campaigning for Federal elective office
(a)Section 922 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
(aa)(1)Except as provided in
paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person, in or affecting interstate
or foreign commerce, to knowingly carry a firearm at a place which the person
knows is a restricted firearms zone.
(2)In a prosecution for an alleged
violation of paragraph (1), it shall be an affirmative defense, which may be
established by a preponderance of the evidence, that, at the time of the
alleged violation—
(A)the person was a law enforcement officer
(whether on- or off-duty) authorized to carry a firearm in the line of duty;
or
(B)the person was carrying the firearm
pursuant to the permission of a law enforcement officer;
(C)the person was a designated Federal
protectee;
(D)the person had the permission of a
designated Federal protectee in the restricted firearms zone to carry a firearm
in the zone while the place that constitutes the zone is treated as such for
purposes of this subsection;
(E)the person was carrying the firearm
only on the premises of a business in which the person is employed and
authorized by the employer to carry the firearm;
(F)the person was carrying the firearm only on
real property owned or rented by the person;
(G)the person was a qualified retired law
enforcement officer (as defined in section 926C(c)) carrying the identification
required by section 926C(d)); or
(H)(i)the firearm possessed by
the person was unloaded, and was in a locked container or otherwise not readily
accessible for use; and
(ii)any ammunition possessed by the
person for the firearm was in a locked container separate from the
firearm.
(3)Violations of this subsection shall
be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistance may be
requested from any Federal, State, or local agency, any statute, rule, or
regulation to the contrary (other than section 374 or 375 of title 10, or
section 1385 of this title)
notwithstanding.
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(b)Section
921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
(36)(A)The term restricted firearms
zone means within 1,000 feet of the exterior of any building or
structure in which, or at any other fixed place where—
(i)a senior Federal official is, within
30 minutes will be, or within the past 30 minutes was—
(I)holding an official event that is
open to the public; or
(II)carrying out an official or
representational duty; or
(ii)a
designated Federal protectee is, within 30 minutes will be, or within the past
30 minutes was engaging in campaign activity as a candidate for election for
Federal office for purposes of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971.
(B)In subparagraph (A), the term
designated Federal protectee means a senior Federal official, or
an individual who is a candidate for election for Federal office for purposes
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.
(C)In this paragraph, the term
senior Federal official means an individual who is the President
of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President, or, if there is
no Vice President, the officer next in the order of succession to the Office of
the President of the United States, the Vice President-elect, any person who is
acting as President under the Constitution and laws of the United States, a
Member of Congress, a Member-of-Congress-elect, a member of the executive
branch of the Government who is the head of a department listed in section 101
of title 5, the Director of Central Intelligence, a judge or justice of the
Supreme Court or of any court created by Act of Congress (other than a
magistrate judge appointed under section 631 of title 28, United States Code),
an individual nominated for any of the foregoing positions, during the pendency
of the nomination.
(D)In subparagraph (C), the terms
President-elect and Vice-President-elect mean such
persons as are the apparent successful candidates for the offices of President
and Vice President, respectively, as ascertained from the results of the
general elections held to determine the electors of President and Vice
President in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of title
3.
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(c)Section
924(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
(8)Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa)
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or
both.
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