No Congressional Gun Loophole Act

Bill: 117-hr-545
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-28
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees

Firearms and explosives

Government Operations and Politics

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Members of Congress

Motor vehicles

U.S. Capitol
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Congressional Gun Loophole Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Capitol Police Board from allowing Members of Congress or their staff to carry firearms on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol or in its buildings. Members and their staff may store firearms in their cars in Capitol complex garages if their possession complies with the firearms laws of the District of Columbia and the firearms are locked with gun locks while on the complex. </p> <p>Current board regulations allow Members of Congress to keep firearms in their offices; the regulations also allow Members and their staff to transport unloaded and securely wrapped firearms within the Capitol grounds. Firearms are prohibited inside the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in adjacent lobbies and cloakrooms, the galleries, the Marble Room of the Senate, and the Rayburn Room of the House, unless approved by the Sergeants at Arms for security purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 545 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2021 Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Levin of California , Mrs. Axne , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Quigley , Ms. Norton , Ms. Escobar , Mr. Hastings , Miss Rice of New York , Ms. Barragán , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Casten , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Torres of New York , Ms. Chu , Mr. McNerney , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Case , Mr. Auchincloss , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Carson , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Meng , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Jones , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Evans , and Ms. Stevens ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 40, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their employees from carrying firearms in the Capitol building, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Congressional Gun Loophole Act . 2. Capitol grounds and buildings security (a) In general Section 5104(e)(1) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively, and moving the margins 2 ems to the right; (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving the margins 2 ems to the right; (3) by striking An individual and inserting the following: (A) In general An individual ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (B) Exception Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Capitol Police Board may not authorize or permit a Member of Congress or an employee of such Member of Congress to carry on or have readily accessible to such Member or employee a firearm, except a Member or employee may store a firearm in a car owned by such Member or employee that is parked in a garage in the Capitol complex if the Member or employee is in compliance with the firearms laws of the District of Columbia for the lawful possession of such firearm and such firearm is locked with a gun lock while on the Capitol complex. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.