I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 496 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the carrying of a firearm 
near a place where a senior Federal official is holding an official public 
event or carrying out an official or representational duty, or where 
any person is campaigning for Federal elective office. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2011 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. ENGEL, 
Mr. RANGEL, and Ms. CHU) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the car-
rying of a firearm near a place where a senior Federal 
official is holding an official public event or carrying 
out an official or representational duty, or where any 
person is campaigning for Federal elective office. 
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 ‘‘Securing Citizens’ Pro-
tection at Federal Events Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CARRYING FIREARM NEAR A 
PLACE WHERE A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL 
IS HOLDING AN OFFICIAL PUBLIC EVENT OR 
CARRYING OUT AN OFFICIAL OR REPRESEN-
TATIONAL DUTY, OR WHERE ANY PERSON IS 
CAMPAIGNING FOR FEDERAL ELECTIVE OF-
FICE. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(aa)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall 
be unlawful for any person, in or affecting interstate or 
foreign commerce, to knowingly carry a firearm at a place 
which the person knows is a restricted firearms zone. 
‘‘(2) In a prosecution for an alleged violation of para-
graph (1), it shall be an affirmative defense, which may 
be established by a preponderance of the evidence, that, 
at the time of the alleged violation— 
‘‘(A) the person was a law enforcement officer 
(whether on- or off-duty) authorized to carry a fire-
arm in the line of duty; or 
‘‘(B) the person was carrying the firearm pur-
suant to the permission of a law enforcement officer; 
‘‘(C) the person was a designated Federal 
protectee; 
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‘‘(D) the person had the permission of a des-
ignated Federal protectee in the restricted firearms 
zone to carry a firearm in the zone while the place 
that constitutes the zone is treated as such for pur-
poses of this subsection; 
‘‘(E) the person was carrying the firearm only 
on the premises of a business in which the person 
is employed and authorized by the employer to carry 
the firearm; 
‘‘(F) the person was carrying the firearm only 
on real property owned or rented by the person; 
‘‘(G) the person was a qualified retired law en-
forcement officer (as defined in section 926C(c)) 
carrying the identification required by section 
926C(d)); or 
‘‘(H)(i) the firearm possessed by the person was 
unloaded, and was in a locked container or otherwise 
not readily accessible for use; and 
‘‘(ii) any ammunition possessed by the person 
for the firearm was in a locked container separate 
from the firearm. 
‘‘(3) Violations of this subsection shall be investigated 
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistance may 
be requested from any Federal, State, or local agency, any 
statute, rule, or regulation to the contrary (other than sec-
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tion 374 or 375 of title 10, or section 1385 of this title) 
notwithstanding.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(36)(A) The term ‘restricted firearms zone’ means 
within 1,000 feet of the exterior of any building or struc-
ture in which, or at any other fixed place where— 
‘‘(i) a senior Federal official is, within 30 min-
utes will be, or within the past 30 minutes was— 
‘‘(I) holding an official event that is open 
to the public; or 
‘‘(II) carrying out an official or representa-
tional duty; or 
‘‘(ii) a designated Federal protectee is, within 
30 minutes will be, or within the past 30 minutes 
was engaging in campaign activity as a candidate for 
election for Federal office for purposes of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971. 
‘‘(B) In subparagraph (A), the term ‘designated Fed-
eral protectee’ means a senior Federal official, or an indi-
vidual who is a candidate for election for Federal office 
for purposes of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘senior Federal offi-
cial’ means an individual who is the President of the 
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United States, the President-elect, the Vice President, or, 
if there is no Vice President, the officer next in the order 
of succession to the Office of the President of the United 
States, the Vice President-elect, any person who is acting 
as President under the Constitution and laws of the 
United States, a Member of Congress, a Member-of-Con-
gress-elect, a member of the executive branch of the Gov-
ernment who is the head of a department listed in section 
101 of title 5, the Director of Central Intelligence, a judge 
or justice of the Supreme Court or of any court created 
by Act of Congress (other than a magistrate judge ap-
pointed under section 631 of title 28, United States Code), 
an individual nominated for any of the foregoing positions, 
during the pendency of the nomination. 
‘‘(D) In subparagraph (C), the terms ‘President-elect’ 
and ‘Vice-President-elect’ mean such persons as are the 
apparent successful candidates for the offices of President 
and Vice President, respectively, as ascertained from the 
results of the general elections held to determine the elec-
tors of President and Vice President in accordance with 
sections 1 and 2 of title 3.’’. 
(c) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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