[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 578 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 578

  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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2015

   Mr. Gibbs (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
  Huelskamp, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
  Fleischmann, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Turner, Mr. Rogers of 
 Alabama, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Ross, Mr. Salmon, 
Mr. Latta, Mr. Womack, Mr. Long, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Franks of 
Arizona, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
 Cole, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Harris, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Rooney 
 of Florida, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Babin, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
  Poe of Texas, Mr. Pompeo, and Mr. Russell) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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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 Lands Self-Defense Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM VIOLENT CRIME.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Second Amendment to 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 such water resources development projects.
            (4) The 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 section 327.0 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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