Veterans Gun Rights Protection Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8906 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8906

  To amend titles 18 and 38, United States Code, to permit the lawful 
   carrying of firearms in properties under the jurisdiction of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2024

   Mr. Rosendale (for himself, Mr. Norman, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
Ogles, Mr. Brecheen, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Babin, and 
Mr. Good of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend titles 18 and 38, United States Code, to permit the lawful 
   carrying of firearms in properties under the jurisdiction of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 ``Veterans Gun Rights Protection Act 
of 2024''.

SEC. 2. POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.

    Section 930(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (3) by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) the otherwise lawful carrying of a firearm by an 
        individual on property under the jurisdiction of the Department 
        of Veterans Affairs, to the extent consistent with section 901 
        of title 38 and not prohibited by any law of the State or of 
        any political subdivision of the State in which the property is 
        located.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE RULES FOR CONDUCT AND PENALTIES FOR 
              VIOLATIONS.

    Section 901 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(g)(1) The otherwise lawful possession of a firearm on Department 
property, consistent with the laws of the State and of all political 
subdivisions of the State in which the Department property is located, 
shall not be a violation of this section or any regulation prescribed 
under this section.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the term `firearm' has the meaning 
specified for the purposes of section 930 of title 18.''.
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