[House Report 108-707]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     108-707

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3193, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PERSONAL 
                             PROTECTION ACT

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 September 28, 2004.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 803]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 803, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3193, the 
District of Columbia Personal Protection Act, under a closed 
rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate in the House equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Government Reform. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the bill.
    The rule provides that the amendment printed in this report 
shall be considered as adopted. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions.

            SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT TO BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    (Summary derived from information provided by sponsor.)
    Souder: Clarifies that any firearm, loaded or unloaded, is 
prohibited from being carried--concealed or openly--on the 
streets of DC. Establishes in the statute a more complete set 
of exemptions allowing citizens to transport firearms unloaded 
to and from lawful activities such as hunting, target shooting, 
and firearms safety training.

             TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    Amend section 10 to read as follows:

SEC. 10. REMOVE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR CARRYING A FIREARM IN ONE'S 
                    DWELLING OR OTHER PREMISES.

    (a) In General.--Section 4(a) of the Act of July 8, 1932 
(47 Stat. 651; sec. 22--4504(a), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended--
    (1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking ``a 
pistol,'' and inserting the following: ``except in his dwelling 
house or place of business or on other land possessed by that 
person, whether loaded or unloaded, a firearm,''; and
    (2) by striking ``except that:'' and all that follows 
through ``(2) If the violation'' and inserting ``except that if 
the violation''.
    (b) Treatment of Certain Exceptions.--Section 5(a) of such 
Act (47 Stat. 651; sec. 22--4505(a), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended--
    (1) by striking ``pistol'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``firearm''; and
    (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
following: ``, or to any person while carrying or transporting 
a firearm used in connection with an organized military 
activity, a target shoot, formal or informal target practice, 
sport shooting event, hunting, a firearms or hunter safety 
class, trapping, or a dog obedience training class or show, or 
the moving by a bona fide gun collector of part or all of the 
collector's gun collection from place to place for public or 
private exhibition while the person is engaged in, on the way 
to, or returning from that activity if each firearm is unloaded 
and carried in an enclosed case or an enclosed holster, or to 
any person carrying or transporting a firearm in compliance 
with sections 926A, 926B or 926C of title 18, United States 
Code.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to violations occurring after the 60-
day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

                                  
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