[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1588 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1588

  To protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources 
development projects administered by the Secretary of the Army, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2011

    Mr. Webb (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Johanns, Mr. 
   Grassley, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Cochran) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources 
development projects administered by the Secretary of the Army, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recreational Land Self-Defense Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM VIOLENT CRIME.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the Second Amendment of the Constitution provides that 
        ``the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be 
        infringed'';
            (2) section 327.13 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations 
        provides that, except in special circumstances, ``possession of 
        loaded firearms, ammunition, loaded projectile firing devices, 
        bows and arrows, crossbows, or other weapons is prohibited'' at 
        water resources development projects administered by the 
        Secretary of the Army;
            (3) the regulations described in paragraph (2) prevent 
        individuals complying with Federal and State laws from 
        exercising the Second Amendment rights of the individuals while 
        at the water resources development projects; and
            (4) Federal laws should make it clear that the Second 
        Amendment rights of an individual at a water resources 
        development project should not be infringed.
    (b) Protecting the Right of Individuals To Bear Arms at Water 
Resources Development Projects.--The Secretary of the Army shall not 
promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual from 
possessing a firearm, including an assembled or functional firearm, at 
a water resources development project covered under part 327 of title 
36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act), 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 water resources development 
        project is located.
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