Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1749
5	5	To permit employees of the House of Representatives who are authorized
6	6	to possess certain weapons in the District of Columbia to bring such
7	7	weapons into House Office Buildings for secure storage, and for other
8	8	purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	FEBRUARY27, 2025
11	11	Mr. S
12	12	TEUBEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
13	13	mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on
14	14	Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter-
15	15	mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
16	16	as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To permit employees of the House of Representatives who
19	19	are authorized to possess certain weapons in the District
20	20	of Columbia to bring such weapons into House Office
21	21	Buildings for secure storage, and for other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 3
25	25	(a) S
26	26	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
27	27	‘‘Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act’’. 5
28	28	(b) F
29	29	INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 6
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33	33	(1) In 2024, there were 3,469 violent crime in-1
34	34	cidents in the District of Columbia, making our Na-2
35	35	tion’s capital one of the most dangerous cities in the 3
36	36	United States. 4
37	37	(2) Many employees of the House of Represent-5
38	38	atives who work in House Office Buildings in the 6
39	39	District of Columbia commute to and from their of-7
40	40	fices by walking, and many have themselves been 8
41	41	victims of these crimes in the District of Columbia. 9
42	42	(3) Individuals in the District of Columbia are 10
43	43	authorized under District of Columbia law to carry 11
44	44	and use certain weapons for self-defense, including 12
45	45	self-defense sprays, stun guns, and concealed fire-13
46	46	arms. However, District of Columbia and Federal 14
47	47	law prohibit individuals from carrying these weapons 15
48	48	inside a Federal building. 16
49	49	(4) As a result, employees of the House of Rep-17
50	50	resentatives who work in House Office Buildings in 18
51	51	the District of Columbia are prohibited from car-19
52	52	rying weapons inside the buildings in which they 20
53	53	work, even if these employees are authorized under 21
54	54	District of Columbia law to carry and use these 22
55	55	weapons for self-defense outside these buildings. 23
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59	59	SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING HOUSE EMPLOYEES TO BRING CER-1
60	60	TAIN SELF-DEFENSE WEAPONS INTO HOUSE 2
61	61	OFFICE BUILDINGS. 3
62	62	(a) A
63	63	UTHORIZATION.—An individual who is an em-4
64	64	ployee of the House of Representatives may bring a weap-5
65	65	on described in subsection (b) into a House office building 6
66	66	if— 7
67	67	(1) the individual is authorized under the laws 8
68	68	of the District of Columbia to carry the weapon out-9
69	69	side of the building; 10
70	70	(2) immediately prior to entering the building, 11
71	71	the individual is carrying the weapon in compliance 12
72	72	with such laws; 13
73	73	(3) the individual enters the building through 14
74	74	an external pedestrian entrance; 15
75	75	(4) upon entering the building with the weapon, 16
76	76	the individual leaves the weapon in a storage locker 17
77	77	operated by the United States Capitol Police under 18
78	78	section 3 while the individual remains in the build-19
79	79	ing; and 20
80	80	(5) after retrieving the weapon from the locker, 21
81	81	the individual leaves the building immediately. 22
82	82	(b) W
83	83	EAPONSDESCRIBED.—The weapons described 23
84	84	in this subsection are as follows: 24
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88	88	(1) A self-defense spray described in section 1
89	89	212 of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 2
90	90	1975 (sec. 7–2502.12, D.C. Official Code). 3
91	91	(2) A stun gun described in section 101(17A) 4
92	92	of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 5
93	93	(sec. 7–2501.01(17A), D.C. Official Code). 6
94	94	(3) A firearm described in section 101(9) of the 7
95	95	Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7– 8
96	96	2501.01(9), D.C. Official Code). 9
97	97	SEC. 3. PROVISION OF SAFE STORAGE LOCKERS AT BUILD-10
98	98	ING ENTRANCES. 11
99	99	(a) R
100	100	ESPONSIBILITIES OF CAPITOLPOLICE 12
101	101	B
102	102	OARD.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 13
103	103	enactment of this Act, the Capitol Police Board shall de-14
104	104	sign, install, and operate storage lockers at external pedes-15
105	105	trian entrances to each House office building, which may 16
106	106	be used while an employee of the House is in the building 17
107	107	to safely store a weapon which the employee brings into 18
108	108	the building under section 2, and from which the employee 19
109	109	may retrieve the weapon when the employee leaves the 20
110	110	building. 21
111	111	(b) R
112	112	EGULATIONS.—The Capitol Police Board shall 22
113	113	promulgate such regulations as may be required to carry 23
114	114	out this section. 24
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118	118	(c) C ONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1
119	119	5104(e)(1)(A) of title 40, United States Code, is amended 2
120	120	by striking ‘‘except as authorized’’ and inserting ‘‘except 3
121	121	as provided under the Safe Storage Lockers for House Of-4
122	122	fice Buildings Act or as authorized’’. 5
123	123	SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 6
124	124	(a) E
125	125	MPLOYEE OF THE HOUSE OFREPRESENTA-7
126	126	TIVES.—In this Act, an ‘‘employee of the House of Rep-8
127	127	resentatives’’ includes an intern (whether paid or unpaid) 9
128	128	and a fellow assigned to an office of the House of Rep-10
129	129	resentatives. 11
130	130	(b) H
131	131	OUSEOFFICEBUILDING.— 12
132	132	(1) I
133	133	N GENERAL.—In this Act, the term 13
134	134	‘‘House office building’’ means any of the following: 14
135	135	(A) The Cannon House Office Building. 15
136	136	(B) The Longworth House Office Building. 16
137	137	(C) The Rayburn House Office Building. 17
138	138	(D) The Ford House Office Building. 18
139	139	(E) The O’Neill House Office Building. 19
140	140	(F) The House wing of the United States 20
141	141	Capitol. 21
142	142	(2) E
143	143	XCLUSION OF GARAGES .—The term 22
144	144	‘‘House office building’’ does not include a garage of 23
145	145	a building described in paragraph (1). 24
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