I 
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 Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary, 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 Depart-
ment of Defense trained in the use of firearms to carry 
officially-issued or personally-owned firearms on military 
installations in the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting America’s 
Warriors Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RIGHT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE TRAINED IN THE USE OF FIRE-
ARMS TO CARRY FIREARMS ON MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATION PER-
SONNEL FIREARM BANS.—Effective on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, any provision in any law, rule, regula-
tion, or Executive order that prohibits trained military 
personnel or trained civilian personnel from carrying offi-
cially-issued or personally-owned firearms on a military in-
stallation in the United States shall have no force or effect 
with regard to such military personnel. The laws covered 
by this subsection include section 1585 of title 10, United 
States Code (relating to carrying of firearms), section 922 
of title 18, United States Code (relating to unlawful acts), 
and part 108.11 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 
(relating to carrying of weapons). 
(b) PROHIBITION ON REIMPOSITION OF PERSONNEL 
FIREARM BANS.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE.—The Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military 
departments shall not reinstate the firearm bans re-
ferred to in subsection (a) or enact similar restric-
tions prohibiting or restricting trained military per-
sonnel or trained civilian personnel from carrying of-
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ficially-issued or personally-owned firearms on a 
military installation in the United States. 
(2) PRESIDENT.—The President shall not take 
any executive action or promulgate any rule or issue 
any Executive order or regulation to prohibit or re-
strict trained military personnel or trained civilian 
personnel from carrying officially-issued or person-
ally-owned firearms on a military installation in the 
United States. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘firearms’’ means only handguns. 
(2) The term ‘‘military installation’’ means 
military bases, forts, recruiter stations, Navy ports, 
Coast Guard stations, armories and other reserve 
component facilities, military depots, camps, and 
missile sites. 
(3) The term ‘‘trained civilian personnel’’ 
means civilian employees of the Department of De-
fense who are trained in the use and handling of 
firearms in their day-to-day activities. 
(4) The term ‘‘trained military personnel’’ 
means members of the Armed Forces who are 
trained in the use and handling of firearms in their 
day-to-day activities. 
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