119-hr4788

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4788 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4788

 To require the District of Columbia to permit Members of Congress who 
have a valid license or permit which is issued pursuant to the law of a 
State which permits the Member to carry a concealed firearm, or who is 
 otherwise entitled to carry a concealed firearm in the State in which 
 the Member resides, to carry a concealed firearm in the District of 
 Columbia, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 29, 2025

 Mr. Clyde (for himself, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Crane, Mr. Self, 
 Mr. Ogles, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. 
 Burlison, Mrs. Harshbarger, and Mr. Perry) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
 Reform

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 A BILL

 To require the District of Columbia to permit Members of Congress who 
have a valid license or permit which is issued pursuant to the law of a 
State which permits the Member to carry a concealed firearm, or who is 
 otherwise entitled to carry a concealed firearm in the State in which 
 the Member resides, to carry a concealed firearm in the District of 
 Columbia, 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. REQUIRING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO PERMIT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
 WITH VALID CONCEALED CARRY LICENSES FROM OTHER 
 JURISDICTIONS TO CARRY CONCEALED FIREARMS IN DISTRICT OF 
 COLUMBIA.

    (a) Requirement.--

Section 5 of the Act of July 8, 1932 (

sec. 22-
4505, D.C. Official Code) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsection
            (c) as subsection
            (d) ; and

    (2) by inserting after subsection

    (b) the following new 
 subsection:
 ``
            (c) (1) The provisions of 

section 4

    (a) with respect to pistols 
shall not apply to a Member of Congress who--
 ``
        (A) is not prohibited by Federal law from possessing, 
 transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm (as defined in 
 

section 921

    (a)

    (3) of title 18, United States Code);
 ``
        (B) is carrying a valid license or permit which is issued 
 pursuant to the law of a State and which permits the individual 
 to carry a concealed firearm (as so defined), or is otherwise 
 entitled to carry a concealed firearm in the State in which the 
 person resides; and
 ``
            (C) is carrying a valid identification document 
 containing a photograph of the individual.
 ``

    (2) In this subsection, the term `Member of Congress' means a 
Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect upon the date of the enactment of this Act.
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