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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3227 

To protect the Second Amendment rights of members of the Armed Forces 

and civilian employees of the Department of Defense trained in the 

use of firearms to carry officially-issued or personally-owned firearms 

on military installations in the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2015 

Mr. RUSSELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 

A BILL 

To protect the Second Amendment rights of members of 

the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense trained in the use of firearms to carry 

officially-issued or personally-owned firearms on military 

installations in the United States. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting America’s 

5 Warriors Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RIGHT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 

2 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT 

3 OF DEFENSE TRAINED IN THE USE OF FIRE4 ARMS TO CARRY FIREARMS ON MILITARY IN5 STALLATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

6 (a) ELIMINATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATION PER7 SONNEL FIREARM BANS.—Effective on the date of the en8 actment of this Act, any provision in any law, rule, regula9 tion, or Executive order that prohibits trained military 

10 personnel or trained civilian personnel from carrying offi11 cially-issued or personally-owned firearms on a military in12 stallation in the United States shall have no force or effect 

13 with regard to such military personnel. The laws covered 

14 by this subsection include section 1585 of title 10, United 

15 States Code (relating to carrying of firearms), section 922 

16 of title 18, United States Code (relating to unlawful acts), 

17 and part 108.11 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

18 (relating to carrying of weapons). 

19 (b) PROHIBITION ON REIMPOSITION OF PERSONNEL

20 FIREARM BANS.— 

21 (1) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—The Sec22 retary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military 

23 departments shall not reinstate the firearm bans re24 ferred to in subsection (a) or enact similar restric25 tions prohibiting or restricting trained military per26 sonnel or trained civilian personnel from carrying ofVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Jul 29, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3227.IH H3227

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1 ficially-issued or personally-owned firearms on a 

2 military installation in the United States. 

3 (2) PRESIDENT.—The President shall not take 

4 any executive action or promulgate any rule or issue 

5 any Executive order or regulation to prohibit or re6 strict trained military personnel or trained civilian 

7 personnel from carrying officially-issued or person8 ally-owned firearms on a military installation in the 

9 United States. 

10 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) The term ‘‘firearms’’ means only handguns. 

12 (2) The term ‘‘military installation’’ means 

13 military bases, forts, recruiter stations, Navy ports, 

14 Coast Guard stations, armories and other reserve 

15 component facilities, military depots, camps, and 

16 missile sites. 

17 (3) The term ‘‘trained civilian personnel’’ 

18 means civilian employees of the Department of De19 fense who are trained in the use and handling of 

20 firearms in their day-to-day activities. 

21 (4) The term ‘‘trained military personnel’’ 

22 means members of the Armed Forces who are 

23 trained in the use and handling of firearms in their 

24 day-to-day activities. 

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