Congressional Self-Defense Act

Congressional Self-Defense Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a Member of Congress who is carrying a valid Member identification document and who is not otherwise prohibited from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm to carry a concealed firearm for any lawful purpose: (1) in the U.S. Capitol only as authorized by regulations issued by the Capitol Police Board; and (2) anywhere else in the United States, except where the U.S. Secret Service is protecting the President or Vice President and prohibiting the possession of a firearm.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2940 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2940

 To allow Members of Congress to carry a concealed firearm anywhere in 
              the United States, with certain exceptions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2017

Mr. Brooks of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow Members of Congress to carry a concealed firearm anywhere in 
              the United States, with certain exceptions.

    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 ``Congressional Self-Defense Act''.

SEC. 2. CARRYING OF CONCEALED FIREARMS BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 926C the following:
``Sec. 926D. Carrying of concealed firearms by Members of Congress
    ``(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law or any 
law, rule, or regulation of a State or any political subdivision 
thereof, a Member of Congress who is carrying the identification 
required by subsection (b) and who is not otherwise prohibited by this 
chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm may carry a 
concealed firearm for any lawful purpose--
            ``(1) in the United States Capitol only as authorized by 
        regulations issued under section 5104(e)(1)(A) of title 40; and
            ``(2) anywhere else in the United States, except where the 
        United States Secret Service is protecting the President or 
        Vice President of the United States and prohibiting the 
        possession of a firearm.
    ``(b) The identification required by this subsection is a valid 
identification document (as defined in section 1028(d)(3) of this 
title) of the Member of Congress containing a photograph of the Member 
of Congress.
    ``(c) In this section, the term `Member of Congress' means a 
Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 926C the 
following:

``926D. Carrying of concealed firearms by Members of Congress.''.
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