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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1835 

To enhance military facilities force protection. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 22, 2015 

Ms. BALDWIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To enhance military facilities force protection. 

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 ‘‘Military Facilities 

5 Force Protection Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MILITARY RECRUITING AND RESERVE COMPONENT 

7 FACILITIES FORCE PROTECTION ENHANCE8 MENTS. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) FIREARM.—The term ‘‘firearm’’ means a 

11 handgun issued by the Federal Government or a 

12 State or local government. 


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1 (2) HANDGUN.—The term ‘‘handgun’’ has the 

2 meaning given the term in section 921 of title 18, 

3 United States Code. 

4 (3) MILITARY PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘mili5 tary personnel’’ means all members of the Armed 

6 Forces who are trained by the Armed Forces in the 

7 use of firearms. 

8 (4) MILITARY RECRUITING FACILITIES.—The 

9 term ‘‘military recruiting facilities’’ means govern10 ment owned or leased recruiting offices, intermediate 

11 command stations, and main stations. 

12 (5) RESERVE COMPONENT FACILITY.—The 

13 term ‘‘reserve component facility’’ has the meaning 

14 given the term ‘‘facility’’ in section 18232(2) of title 

15 10, United States Code. 

16 (b) USE OF ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law or Department of Defense or mili19 tary department regulation, the Secretary of Defense 

20 shall station military police or other military per21 sonnel armed with firearms, as deemed appropriate 

22 by the Secretary, at military recruiting and reserve 

23 component facilities for the exclusive purpose of 

24 force protection. 


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1 (2) USE OF ALTERNATIVE PERSONNEL.—Upon 

2 a determination by the Secretary that military per3 sonnel are not available to meet the force protection 

4 requirement under paragraph (1), the Secretary is 

5 authorized to enter into memoranda of under6 standing with State or local law enforcement agen7 cies or State National Guards for the exclusive pur8 pose of such force protection. 

9 (3) REQUIRED TRAINING.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—In consultation with 

11 the Attorney General and State and local law 

12 enforcement, as appropriate, the Secretary of 

13 Defense shall develop and implement a required 

14 training program for all force protection per15 sonnel stationed under this section. 

16 (B) ELEMENTS.—The training program 

17 required under subparagraph (A) shall in18 clude— 

19 (i) civil law enforcement rules of en20 gagement, including appropriate escalation 

21 of force; 

22 (ii) gun safety procedures, including 

23 safe storage and transport; and 

24 (iii) education on the relevant laws 

25 and first responder policies of the State 


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1 and local jurisdictions in which the as2 signed force protection personnel are lo3 cated. 

4 (c) FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENTS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

6 provision of law or Department of Defense or mili7 tary department regulation, the Secretary of Defense 

8 shall implement all reasonable and appropriate 

9 measures to improve the security of existing military 

10 recruitment and reserve component facilities. 

11 (2) ELEMENTS.—The measures implemented 

12 under paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, include 

13 the installation of bullet-proof glass and enhanced 

14 video surveillance equipment, where appropriate. 

15 (3) RELOCATION OF FACILITIES.—Upon deter16 mination by the Secretary that adequate security im17 provements cannot be made at an existing military 

18 recruitment or reserve component facility in its cur19 rent location, the Secretary shall relocate such facil20 ity to a location consistent with the security im21 provements required under this subsection. 

22 (d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec23 tion shall be construed as providing armed military per24 sonnel with— 


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1 (1) additional law enforcement authorities, in2 cluding authorities to make arrests, to execute or 

3 serve warrants, or perform any other civil law en4 forcement function; or 

5 (2) the authority to perform force protection 

6 functions outside military recruiting or reserve com7 ponent facilities or the immediate vicinity thereof. 

8 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

10 shall submit to Congress a report describing the actions 

11 taken to comply with the requirements under this section. 

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