No Congressional Gun Loophole Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9053 To amend title 40, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their employees from carrying firearms in the Capitol building, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 28, 2020 Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 40, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their employees from carrying firearms in the Capitol building, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘No Congressional Gun 4 Loophole Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. CAPITOL GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS SECURITY. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5104(e)(1) of title 40, 7 United States Code, is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9053.IH H9053 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 9053 IH (1) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating 1 clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and 2 (III), respectively, and moving the margins 2 ems to 3 the right; 4 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 5 (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving 6 the margins 2 ems to the right; 7 (3) by striking ‘‘An individual’’ and inserting 8 the following: 9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual’’; and 10 (4) by adding at the end the following: 11 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub- 12 paragraph (A), the Capitol Police Board may 13 not authorize or permit a Member of Congress 14 or an employee of such Member of Congress to 15 carry on or have readily accessible to such 16 Member or employee a firearm, except a Mem- 17 ber or employee may store a firearm in a car 18 owned by such Member or employee that is 19 parked in a garage in the Capitol complex if the 20 Member or employee is in compliance with the 21 firearms laws of the District of Columbia for 22 the lawful possession of such firearm and such 23 firearm is locked with a gun lock while on the 24 Capitol complex.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9053.IH H9053 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 9053 IH (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 1 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 15 days 2 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H9053.IH H9053 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS