I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 578 
To protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources develop-
ment projects administered by the Secretary of the Army, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2015 
Mr. GIBBS (for himself, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
HUELSKAMP, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 
ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. 
ROSS, Mr. SALMON, Mr. LATTA, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. LONG, Mr. CRAMER, 
Mr. PEARCE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. 
HULTGREN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. COLE, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of 
Georgia, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. 
WALBERG, Mr. BABIN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. POE of 
Texas, Mr. POMPEO, and Mr. RUSSELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture 
A BILL 
To protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water 
resources development projects administered by the Sec-
retary of the Army, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recreational Lands 
Self-Defense Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM VIOLENT CRIME. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution 
provides that ‘‘the right of the people to keep and 
bear Arms, shall not be infringed’’. 
(2) Section 327.13 of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations, provides that, except in special cir-
cumstances, ‘‘possession of loaded firearms, ammu-
nition, loaded projectile firing devices, bows and ar-
rows, crossbows, or other weapons is prohibited’’ at 
water resources development projects administered 
by the Secretary of the Army. 
(3) The regulations described in paragraph (2) 
prevent individuals complying with Federal and 
State laws from exercising the second amendment 
rights of the individuals while at such water re-
sources development projects. 
(4) The Federal laws should make it clear that 
the second amendment rights of an individual at a 
water resources development project should not be 
infringed. 
(b) PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS TO 
BEAR ARMS
AT WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 
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PROJECTS.—The Secretary of the Army shall not promul-
gate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual 
from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or func-
tional firearm, at a water resources development project 
covered under section 327.0 of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act), 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 water 
resources development project is located. 
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