Safe Bases Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1027 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish an authority to issue permits to certain members of the Armed Forces who seek to carry concealed firearms while on military installations. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. CLOUD, and Mr. MULLIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish an authority to issue permits to certain members of the Armed Forces who seek to carry concealed firearms while on military installations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Bases Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. PERMITS TO CARRY CONCEALED FIREARMS ON 5 MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:40 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1027.IH H1027 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1027 IH shall establish a single element of the Department of De- 1 fense to issue, upon request by a covered member, a per- 2 mit that authorizes that covered member to carry a con- 3 cealed firearm while on any military installation. 4 (b) COVERED MEMBER DEFINED.—In this section, 5 the term ‘‘covered member’’ means a member of the 6 Armed Forces who— 7 (1) is not prohibited from purchasing, owning, 8 or possessing a firearm under section 922 of title 9 18, United States Code; and 10 (2) is on active duty. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:40 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1027.IH H1027 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS