[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3227 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3227

 To protect the Second Amendment rights of members of the Armed Forces 
and civilian employees of the Department of Defense trained in the use 
of firearms to carry officially-issued or personally-owned firearms on 
              military installations in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2015

 Mr. Russell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, 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 Second Amendment rights of members of the Armed Forces 
and civilian employees of the Department of Defense trained in the use 
of firearms to carry officially-issued or personally-owned firearms on 
              military installations in the United States.

    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 ``Protecting America's Warriors Act''.

SEC. 2. RIGHT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF 
              THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRAINED IN THE USE OF FIREARMS 
              TO CARRY FIREARMS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    (a) Elimination of Military Installation Personnel Firearm Bans.--
Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, any provision in 
any law, rule, regulation, or Executive order that prohibits trained 
military personnel or trained civilian personnel from carrying 
officially-issued or personally-owned firearms on a military 
installation in the United States shall have no force or effect with 
regard to such military personnel. The laws covered by this subsection 
include section 1585 of title 10, United States Code (relating to 
carrying of firearms), section 922 of title 18, United States Code 
(relating to unlawful acts), and part 108.11 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations (relating to carrying of weapons).
    (b) Prohibition on Reimposition of Personnel Firearm Bans.--
            (1) Department of defense.--The Secretary of Defense and 
        the Secretaries of the military departments shall not reinstate 
        the firearm bans referred to in subsection (a) or enact similar 
        restrictions prohibiting or restricting trained military 
        personnel or trained civilian personnel from carrying 
        officially-issued or personally-owned firearms on a military 
        installation in the United States.
            (2) President.--The President shall not take any executive 
        action or promulgate any rule or issue any Executive order or 
        regulation to prohibit or restrict trained military personnel 
        or trained civilian personnel from carrying officially-issued 
        or personally-owned firearms on a military installation in the 
        United States.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``firearms'' means only handguns.
            (2) The term ``military installation'' means military 
        bases, forts, recruiter stations, Navy ports, Coast Guard 
        stations, armories and other reserve component facilities, 
        military depots, camps, and missile sites.
            (3) The term ``trained civilian personnel'' means civilian 
        employees of the Department of Defense who are trained in the 
        use and handling of firearms in their day-to-day activities.
            (4) The term ``trained military personnel'' means members 
        of the Armed Forces who are trained in the use and handling of 
        firearms in their day-to-day activities.
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