[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3694]
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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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