I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5523 
To protect the right of individuals to bear arms on Federal lands administered 
by the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2010 
Mr. REHBERG (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, and Mr. BROUN of Georgia) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To protect the right of individuals to bear arms on Federal 
lands administered by the United States Forest Service 
and the Bureau of Land Management. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Firearms Freedom on Federal Lands Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Section 512 of the Credit Card Account-
ability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 
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(Public Law 111–24) prevents the Secretary of the 
Interior from promulgating or enforcing any regula-
tion that prohibits an individual from possessing a 
firearm in any unit of the National Park System or 
the National Wildlife Refuge System when certain 
conditions are met. 
(2) The Secretary of Agriculture is not statu-
torily prevented from promulgating or enforcing reg-
ulations that prohibit an individual from possessing 
a firearm on Federal lands administered by the 
United States Forest Service. 
(3) The Secretary of the Interior is not statu-
torily prevented from promulgating or enforcing any 
regulation that prohibits an individual from pos-
sessing a firearm on Federal lands administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management. 
(4) The Antiquities Act of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 
431–433) authorizes the President to designate Na-
tional Monuments under the jurisdiction of the De-
partment of Agriculture and the Department of the 
Interior. 
(5) The Antiquities Act of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 
431–433) does not expressly prohibit the President 
from restricting the legal possession of firearms 
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through Executive orders establishing National 
Monuments. 
(6) The Second Amendment to the Constitution 
provides that ‘‘the right of the people to keep and 
bear Arms, shall not be infringed.’’. 
SEC. 2. PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS TO BEAR 
ARMS ON FEDERAL LANDS ADMINISTERED 
BY THE FOREST SERVICE AND BLM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall not promulgate or en-
force any regulation or Executive order, including Presi-
dential declarations authorized under the Antiquities Act 
of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431–433), that prohibit an individual 
from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or func-
tional firearm, in any unit administered by the United 
States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, if— 
(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by 
law from possessing the firearm; and 
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compli-
ance with the law of the State in which the unit of 
the National Forest System or the Bureau of Land 
Management is located. 
(b) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed— 
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(1) as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, or 
responsibility of the several States to manage, con-
trol, or regulate fish and resident wildlife under 
State law or regulations, including the regulation of 
hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational shooting 
on public land managed by the Department of Agri-
culture or the Department of the Interior; or 
(2) as limiting access for hunting, fishing, trap-
ping, or recreational shooting. 
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