[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3694]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1513. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 524. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCESS BY WHICH MEMBERS OF THE 
                   ARMED FORCES MAY CARRY A CONCEALED PERSONAL 
                   FIREARM ON A MILITARY INSTALLATION.

       (a) Process Required.--The Secretary of Defense, taking 
     into consideration the views of senior leadership of military 
     installations in the United States, shall establish a process 
     by which the commander of a military installation in the 
     United States may authorize a member of the Armed Forces who 
     is assigned to duty at the installation to carry a concealed 
     personal firearm on the installation if the commander 
     determines it to be necessary as a personal-protection or 
     force-protection measure.
       (b) Relation to State and Local Law.--In establishing the 
     process under subsection (a) for a military installation, the 
     commander of the installation shall consult with elected 
     officials of the State and local jurisdictions in which the 
     installation is located and take into consideration the law 
     of the State and such jurisdictions regarding carrying a 
     concealed personal firearm.
       (c) Member Qualifications.--To be eligible to be authorized 
     to carry a concealed personal firearm on a military 
     installation pursuant to the process established under 
     subsection (a), a member of the Armed Forces--
       (1) must complete any training and certification required 
     by any State in which the installation is located that would 
     permit the member to carry concealed in that State;
       (2) must not be subject to disciplinary action under the 
     Uniform Code of Military Justice for any offense that could 
     result in incarceration or separation from the Armed Forces;
       (3) must not be prohibited from possessing a firearm 
     because of conviction of a crime of domestic violence; and
       (4) must meet such service-related qualification 
     requirements for the use of firearms, as established by the 
     Secretary of the military department concerned.
       (d) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' 
     includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
     Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States.
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