I 
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. MIL-
LER-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 Fi-
nancial Services 
A BILL 
To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental 
housing may lawfully possess firearms, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Preserving Rights Of 
Tenants by Ensuring Compliance To the Second Amend-
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ment Act’’ or the ‘‘PROTECT the Second Amendment 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FIREARMS IN COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED 
RENTAL HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No resident of covered federally 
assisted rental housing may be prohibited from, nor sub-
ject to additional restrictions or conditions when, lawfully 
possessing a firearm within— 
(1) the residential dwelling unit occupied by the 
resident; or 
(2) any common area of the covered federally 
assisted rental housing in which the resident resides 
if the resident is carrying or transporting the fire-
arm through such area during the course of jour-
neying to the residential dwelling unit of the resident 
or exiting the covered federally assisted rental hous-
ing. 
(b) COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUS-
ING.—The term ‘‘covered federally assisted rental hous-
ing’’ means a residential dwelling unit that is made avail-
able for rental and for which assistance is provided, or 
that is part of a housing project for which assistance is 
provided, under any program administered by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture including— 
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(1) the public housing program under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.); 
(2) the program for rental assistance under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f); 
(3) the HOME Investment Partnerships pro-
gram under title II of the Cranton-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 
seq.); 
(4) the Housing Trust Fund program under 
section 1338 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C 4568); 
(5) the program for supportive housing for per-
sons with disabilities under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013); 
(6) the AIDS Housing Opportunities program 
under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901 et seq.); 
(7) the program for Native American housing 
under the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et 
seq.); 
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(8) the program for housing assistance for Na-
tive Hawaiians under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.); and 
(9) the programs for assistance for rural rental 
housing under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.). 
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