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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4860 

To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may 

lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2023 

Mr. FEENSTRA (for himself, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 

LATURNER, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. BACON, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. 

LAMBORN, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. WITTMAN, 

Mr. BABIN, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. STEUBE, Ms. MACE, Mr. 

FULCHER, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. CLOUD, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mrs. MILLER of 

West Virginia, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. WILSON of 

South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. FERGUSON, 

Mr. MANN, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, and Mr. ROSE) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental 

housing may lawfully possess firearms, and for other 

purposes. 

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 ‘‘Preserving Rights Of 

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1 ment Act’’ or the ‘‘PROTECT the Second Amendment 

2 Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. FIREARMS IN COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED 

4 RENTAL HOUSING. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—No resident of covered federally 

6 assisted rental housing may be prohibited from, nor sub7 ject to additional restrictions or conditions when, lawfully 

8 possessing a firearm within— 

9 (1) the residential dwelling unit occupied by the 

10 resident; or 

11 (2) any common area of the covered federally 

12 assisted rental housing in which the resident resides 

13 if the resident is carrying or transporting the fire14 arm through such area during the course of jour15 neying to the residential dwelling unit of the resident 

16 or exiting the covered federally assisted rental hous17 ing. 

18 (b) COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUS19 ING.—The term ‘‘covered federally assisted rental hous20 ing’’ means a residential dwelling unit that is made avail21 able for rental and for which assistance is provided, or 

22 that is part of a housing project for which assistance is 

23 provided, under any program administered by the Sec24 retary of Housing and Urban Development or the Sec25 retary of Agriculture including— 


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1 (1) the public housing program under the 

2 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 

3 et seq.); 

4 (2) the program for rental assistance under sec5 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

6 U.S.C. 1437f); 

7 (3) the HOME Investment Partnerships pro8 gram under title II of the Cranton-Gonzalez Na9 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 

10 seq.); 

11 (4) the Housing Trust Fund program under 

12 section 1338 of the Housing and Community Devel13 opment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C 4568); 

14 (5) the program for supportive housing for per15 sons with disabilities under section 811 of the Cran16 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 8013); 

18 (6) the AIDS Housing Opportunities program 

19 under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gon20 zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 12901 et seq.); 

22 (7) the program for Native American housing 

23 under the Native American Housing Assistance and 

24 Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et 

25 seq.); 


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1 (8) the program for housing assistance for Na2 tive Hawaiians under title VIII of the Native Amer3 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

4 of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.); and 

5 (9) the programs for assistance for rural rental 

6 housing under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 

7 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.). 

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