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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6247 

To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may 

lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 13, 2021 

Mr. FEENSTRA (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. 

NORMAN, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. 

HARSHBARGER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BABIN, Mr. C. 

SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. MEUSER, 

Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. WALBERG, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. PERRY, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. SMITH

of Missouri, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 

LATURNER, Mr. TIFFANY, Ms. MACE, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. ROSE, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mr. BACON, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. CLINE, Mr. BAIRD, 

Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. MANN, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. DUNCAN) 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 lawfully 

7 possessing a firearm within— 

8 (1) the residential dwelling unit occupied by the 

9 resident; or 

10 (2) any common area of the covered federally 

11 assisted rental housing in which the resident resides 

12 if the resident is carrying or transporting the fire13 arm through such area during the course of jour14 neying to the residential dwelling unit of the resident 

15 or exiting the covered federally assisted rental hous16 ing. 

17 (b) COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUS18 ING.—The term ‘‘covered federally assisted rental hous19 ing’’ means a residential dwelling unit that is made avail20 able for rental and for which assistance is provided, or 

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

22 provided, under any program administered by the Sec23 retary of Housing and Urban Development or the Sec24 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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