119-hr2930

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2930 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2930

 To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing 
 may lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 17, 2025

Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Wilson 
 of South Carolina, Mr. Issa, Ms. Tenney, Mr. DesJarlais, and Mr. 
 Moolenaar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Financial Services

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 A BILL

 To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing 
 may lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Preserving Rights Of Tenants by 
Ensuring Compliance To the Second Amendment Act'' or the ``PROTECT the 
Second Amendment Act''.

SEC. 2. FIREARMS IN COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING.

    (a) In General.--No resident of covered federally assisted rental 
housing may be prohibited from, nor subject to additional restrictions 
or conditions when, lawfully possessing a firearm within--

    (1) the residential dwelling unit occupied by the resident; 
 or

    (2) any common area of the covered federally assisted 
 rental housing in which the resident resides if the resident is 
 carrying or transporting the firearm through such area during 
 the course of journeying to the residential dwelling unit of 
 the resident or exiting the covered federally assisted rental 
 housing.

    (b) Covered Federally Assisted Rental Housing.--The term ``covered 
federally assisted rental housing'' means a residential dwelling unit 
that is made available for rental and for which assistance is provided, 
or that is part of a housing project for which assistance is provided, 
under any program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development or the Secretary of Agriculture including--

    (1) the public housing program under the United States 
 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.);

    (2) the program for rental assistance under 

section 8 of 
 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);

    (3) the HOME Investment Partnerships program under title II 
 of the Cranton-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.);

    (4) the Housing Trust Fund program under 

section 1338 of 
 the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 
 4568);

    (5) the program for supportive housing for persons with 
 disabilities under 

section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013);

    (6) the AIDS Housing Opportunities program under subtitle D 
 of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.);

    (7) the program for Native American housing under the 
 Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
 of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.);

    (8) the program for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians 
 under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and 
 Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.); and

    (9) the programs for assistance for rural rental housing 
 under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et 
 seq.).
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