Title: Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2021
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2021
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow an individual to possess a firearm at a Corps water resources development project as long as the individual's possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 988 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 988

  To protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources 
development projects administered by the Secretary of the Army, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2021

Mr. Gibbs (for himself, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Gohmert, 
     Mr. Gosar, Mr. Harris, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
 McClintock, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. 
Rouzer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Young, Mrs. 
    Cammack, Mr. LaTurner, Ms. Mace, Mr. Pfluger, and Ms. Herrell) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources 
development projects administered by the Secretary of the Army, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act 
of 2021''.

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 circumstances, 
        ``possession of loaded firearms, ammunition, loaded projectile 
        firing devices, bows and arrows, 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 resources 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 Projects.--The Secretary of the Army shall not 
promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual from 
possessing a firearm, including an assembled, functional, or loaded 
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 compliance with the 
        law of the State in which the water resources development 
        project is located.
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