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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1749
To permit employees of the House of Representatives who are authorized
to possess certain weapons in the District of Columbia to bring such
weapons into House Office Buildings for secure storage, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY27, 2025
Mr. S
TEUBEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To permit employees of the House of Representatives who
are authorized to possess certain weapons in the District
of Columbia to bring such weapons into House Office
Buildings for secure storage, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act’’. 5
(b) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 6
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(1) In 2024, there were 3,469 violent crime in-1
cidents in the District of Columbia, making our Na-2
tion’s capital one of the most dangerous cities in the 3
United States. 4
(2) Many employees of the House of Represent-5
atives who work in House Office Buildings in the 6
District of Columbia commute to and from their of-7
fices by walking, and many have themselves been 8
victims of these crimes in the District of Columbia. 9
(3) Individuals in the District of Columbia are 10
authorized under District of Columbia law to carry 11
and use certain weapons for self-defense, including 12
self-defense sprays, stun guns, and concealed fire-13
arms. However, District of Columbia and Federal 14
law prohibit individuals from carrying these weapons 15
inside a Federal building. 16
(4) As a result, employees of the House of Rep-17
resentatives who work in House Office Buildings in 18
the District of Columbia are prohibited from car-19
rying weapons inside the buildings in which they 20
work, even if these employees are authorized under 21
District of Columbia law to carry and use these 22
weapons for self-defense outside these buildings. 23
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING HOUSE EMPLOYEES TO BRING CER-1
TAIN SELF-DEFENSE WEAPONS INTO HOUSE 2
OFFICE BUILDINGS. 3
(a) A
UTHORIZATION.—An individual who is an em-4
ployee of the House of Representatives may bring a weap-5
on described in subsection (b) into a House office building 6
if— 7
(1) the individual is authorized under the laws 8
of the District of Columbia to carry the weapon out-9
side of the building; 10
(2) immediately prior to entering the building, 11
the individual is carrying the weapon in compliance 12
with such laws; 13
(3) the individual enters the building through 14
an external pedestrian entrance; 15
(4) upon entering the building with the weapon, 16
the individual leaves the weapon in a storage locker 17
operated by the United States Capitol Police under 18
section 3 while the individual remains in the build-19
ing; and 20
(5) after retrieving the weapon from the locker, 21
the individual leaves the building immediately. 22
(b) W
EAPONSDESCRIBED.—The weapons described 23
in this subsection are as follows: 24
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(1) A self-defense spray described in section 1
212 of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 2
1975 (sec. 7–2502.12, D.C. Official Code). 3
(2) A stun gun described in section 101(17A) 4
of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 5
(sec. 7–2501.01(17A), D.C. Official Code). 6
(3) A firearm described in section 101(9) of the 7
Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7– 8
2501.01(9), D.C. Official Code). 9
SEC. 3. PROVISION OF SAFE STORAGE LOCKERS AT BUILD-10
ING ENTRANCES. 11
(a) R
ESPONSIBILITIES OF CAPITOLPOLICE 12
B
OARD.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 13
enactment of this Act, the Capitol Police Board shall de-14
sign, install, and operate storage lockers at external pedes-15
trian entrances to each House office building, which may 16
be used while an employee of the House is in the building 17
to safely store a weapon which the employee brings into 18
the building under section 2, and from which the employee 19
may retrieve the weapon when the employee leaves the 20
building. 21
(b) R
EGULATIONS.—The Capitol Police Board shall 22
promulgate such regulations as may be required to carry 23
out this section. 24
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(c) C ONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1
5104(e)(1)(A) of title 40, United States Code, is amended 2
by striking ‘‘except as authorized’’ and inserting ‘‘except 3
as provided under the Safe Storage Lockers for House Of-4
fice Buildings Act or as authorized’’. 5
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 6
(a) E
MPLOYEE OF THE HOUSE OFREPRESENTA-7
TIVES.—In this Act, an ‘‘employee of the House of Rep-8
resentatives’’ includes an intern (whether paid or unpaid) 9
and a fellow assigned to an office of the House of Rep-10
resentatives. 11
(b) H
OUSEOFFICEBUILDING.— 12
(1) I
N GENERAL.—In this Act, the term 13
‘‘House office building’’ means any of the following: 14
(A) The Cannon House Office Building. 15
(B) The Longworth House Office Building. 16
(C) The Rayburn House Office Building. 17
(D) The Ford House Office Building. 18
(E) The O’Neill House Office Building. 19
(F) The House wing of the United States 20
Capitol. 21
(2) E
XCLUSION OF GARAGES .—The term 22
‘‘House office building’’ does not include a garage of 23
a building described in paragraph (1). 24
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