[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1821 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1821
To permit service members to carry firearms on military installations,
including reserve centers and recruitment offices.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 21, 2015
Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To permit service members to carry firearms on military installations,
including reserve centers and recruitment offices.
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 ``Armed Forces Self-Defense Act''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
(a) In General.--It is the policy of the United States that
Department of Defense personnel shall be appropriately armed and have
the inherent right to self-defense.
(b) Department of Defense Policy.--It shall be the policy of the
Department of Defense to permit trained military personnel to carry,
open or concealed, certain personal firearms while on military
installations in the United States.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect not later than
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF PORTIONS OF REGULATIONS AND DIRECTIVES PROHIBITING
SERVICE MEMBERS TRAINED IN THE USE OF FIREARMS FROM
CARRYING A PERSONAL FIREARM ON A MILITARY INSTALLATION.
(a) Termination of Force and Effect of Current Regulations and
Directives.--Effective not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the following regulations, directives, and rules
shall have no further force or effect:
(1) Section 4.b. of the Department of Defense Directive
Number 5210.56, issued on November 1, 2001, and modified on
January 24, 2002, and on April 1, 2011.
(2) Army Regulation 190-14, issued on March 12, 1993.
(b) Other Firearm Bans.--Effective not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, any provision in any other rule,
regulation, or Executive order that prohibits military personnel
trained in firearms from carrying personal firearms on United States
military installations shall have no further force or effect with
regard to such military personnel, and such military personnel shall
not be prohibited from carrying personal firearms on United States
military installations.
SEC. 4. PROCESS BY WHICH SERVICE MEMBERS MAY CARRY A PERSONAL FIREARM
ON A MILITARY INSTALLATION.
(a) Process Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, taking into
consideration the views of senior leadership of military installations
in the United States, shall establish a process by which the commander
of a military installation in the United States may authorize a member
of the Armed Forces who is assigned to duty at the installation to
carry a personal firearm on the installation if the commander
determines it to be necessary as a personal- or force-protection
measure.
(b) Relation to State and Local Law.--In establishing the process
under subsection (a) for a military installation, the commander of the
installation shall consult with elected officials of the State and
local jurisdictions in which the installation is located and take into
consideration the law of the State and such jurisdictions regarding
carrying a personal firearm.
(c) Member Qualifications.--To be eligible to be authorized to
carry a personal firearm on a military installation pursuant to the
process established under subsection (a), a member of the Armed
Forces--
(1) must complete any training and certification required
by any State in which the installation is located that would
permit the member to carry in that State;
(2) must not be subject to disciplinary action under the
Uniform Code of Military Justice for any offense that could
result in incarceration or separation from the Armed Forces;
and
(3) must not be prohibited from possessing a firearm
because of conviction of a crime of domestic violence.
(d) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' includes
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any
territory or possession of the United States.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Military installation.--The term ``military
installation'' means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center,
or other activity, including a reserve center and a recruitment
office, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military
department.
(2) Firearm.--The term ``firearm'' means a handgun,
specifically, a gun designed for use in one hand such as a
pistol or a revolver.
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