PROTECT the Second Amendment Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4860 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4860

 To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing 
         may lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2023

  Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Norman, Mr. 
LaTurner, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Bacon, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, 
Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Lamborn, Mrs. Hinson, 
Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Babin, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. 
Steube, Ms. Mace, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Cloud, Mrs. Cammack, Mrs. 
 Miller of West Virginia, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Wilson 
of South Carolina, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Harris, Mr. Baird, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. 
Mann, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, and Mr. Rose) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing 
         may lawfully possess firearms, 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 ``Preserving Rights Of Tenants by 
Ensuring Compliance To the Second Amendment Act'' or the ``PROTECT the 
Second Amendment Act''.

SEC. 2. FIREARMS IN COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING.

    (a) In General.--No resident of covered federally assisted rental 
housing may be prohibited from, nor subject to additional restrictions 
or conditions when, lawfully possessing a firearm within--
            (1) the residential dwelling unit occupied by the resident; 
        or
            (2) any common area of the covered federally assisted 
        rental housing in which the resident resides if the resident is 
        carrying or transporting the firearm through such area during 
        the course of journeying to the residential dwelling unit of 
        the resident or exiting the covered federally assisted rental 
        housing.
    (b) Covered Federally Assisted Rental Housing.--The term ``covered 
federally assisted rental housing'' means a residential dwelling unit 
that is made available for rental and for which assistance is provided, 
or that is part of a housing project for which assistance is provided, 
under any program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development or the Secretary of Agriculture including--
            (1) the public housing program under the United States 
        Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.);
            (2) the program for rental assistance under section 8 of 
        the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);
            (3) the HOME Investment Partnerships program under title II 
        of the Cranton-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
        U.S.C. 12721 et seq.);
            (4) the Housing Trust Fund program under section 1338 of 
        the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C 
        4568);
            (5) the program for supportive housing for persons with 
        disabilities under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
        National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013);
            (6) the AIDS Housing Opportunities program under subtitle D 
        of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
        Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.);
            (7) the program for Native American housing under the 
        Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
        of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.);
            (8) the program for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians 
        under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and 
        Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.); and
            (9) the programs for assistance for rural rental housing 
        under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et 
        seq.).
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