[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9053 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9053

 To amend title 40, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress 
and their employees from carrying firearms in the Capitol building, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 28, 2020

 Mr. Huffman (for himself, Ms. Speier, Mr. Carson of Indiana, and Ms. 
   Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 40, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress 
and their employees from carrying firearms in the Capitol building, 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 ``No Congressional Gun Loophole Act''.

SEC. 2. CAPITOL GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 5104(e)(1) of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses (i), 
        (ii), and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), 
        respectively, and moving the margins 2 ems to the right;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
        (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving the margins 2 ems to the 
        right;
            (3) by striking ``An individual'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--An individual''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Exception.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
                the Capitol Police Board may not authorize or permit a 
                Member of Congress or an employee of such Member of 
                Congress to carry on or have readily accessible to such 
                Member or employee a firearm, except a Member or 
                employee may store a firearm in a car owned by such 
                Member or employee that is parked in a garage in the 
                Capitol complex if the Member or employee is in 
                compliance with the firearms laws of the District of 
                Columbia for the lawful possession of such firearm and 
                such firearm is locked with a gun lock while on the 
                Capitol complex.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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