To allow Members of Congress to carry a concealed handgun anywhere in the United States, with exceptions.

Bill: 115-hr-2951
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2017-06-20
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization

Firearms and explosives

Licensing and registrations

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill allows a Member of Congress to carry a concealed handgun for any lawful purpose anywhere in the United States, except on the grounds of the White House, wherever the U.S. Secret Service is prohibiting the possession of a firearm, or on an air carrier (unless the Member has successfully completed the federal flight deck officer training program), provided that such Member:</p> <ul> <li>is carrying the photographic identification issued by a chamber of Congress that identifies him or her as a Member;</li> <li>has been issued a license or permit to carry a concealed handgun by a state or the United States Capitol Police; and </li> <li>is not otherwise prohibited under federal law from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm.</li> </ul> <p>The Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police is authorized to issue such a license or permit.</p> <p>The Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account and the House of Representatives' Members' Representational Allowance may be used to pay for a a Member's participation in the federal flight deck officer training program, which the Department of Homeland Security must make available.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2951 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 20, 2017 Mr. Babin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committees on House Administration , and Homeland Security , 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 allow Members of Congress to carry a concealed handgun anywhere in the United States, with exceptions.

1. Carrying of concealed handguns by Members of Congress (a) In general Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 926C the following: 926D. Carrying of concealed handguns by Members of Congress (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Member of Congress who is carrying the identification required by subsection (e), to whom a State or the United States Capitol Police has issued a license or permit to carry a concealed handgun, and who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm, may carry a concealed handgun for any lawful purpose, subject to the terms and conditions of the license or permit (if issued by the United States Capitol Police), anywhere in the United States, except as provided in subsection (b). (b) (1) Subsection (a) shall not apply in or on the grounds of the White House, or wherever the United States Secret Service is prohibiting the possession of a firearm. (2) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a Member of Congress while on an air carrier, unless the Secretary of Homeland Security finds that the Member of Congress has successfully completed the training program established under section 44921(c) of title 49. (c) The Chief of the United States Capitol Police is authorized to issue a license or permit to carry a concealed handgun to a Member of Congress for purposes of this section, under such terms and conditions and in accordance with such criteria as the Chief considers appropriate. (d) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the training program established under section 44921(c) of title 49 is made available to any Member of Congress, on request of the Member of Congress. (e) The identification required by this subsection is the photographic identification issued by a House of the Congress that identifies the person photographed as a Member of that House. (f) In this section, the term Member of Congress means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 926C the following: 926D. Carrying of concealed handguns by Members of Congress. . 2. Authorizing Members of Congress to use official funds to pay for firearms training program (a) Senators The Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account may be used to pay for the Senator to receive training under the program established under section 44921(c) of title 49, United States Code. (b) Members of the House of Representatives Section 101 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act ( 2 U.S.C. 5341 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (c) through (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: (b) Firearms training program The Members’ Representational Allowance may be used to pay for the Member to receive training under the program established under section 44921(c) of title 49, United States Code. .