Federal Lands Lawful Carry Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9719 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9719

To authorize possession of a firearm in certain units and facilities of
            the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2026

 Mr. Yakym (for himself and Mr. Fallon) introduced the following bill;
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

To authorize possession of a firearm in certain units and facilities of
            the Federal Government, 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 ``Federal Lands Lawful Carry Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO FIREARM PROHIBITION.

    Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d), by inserting after paragraph (3) the
        following:
``For purposes of paragraph (3), the possession of a firearm in any
exempted area is possession with a lawful purpose if the individual in
possession of the firearm is not otherwise prohibited by law from such
possession and such possession is in compliance with the law of the
State in which the exempted area is located.''; and
            (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) The term `exempted area' means any unit or Federal
        facility that--
                    ``(A) is owned or leased by the Bureau of Land
                Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the National
                Forest System, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                Administration, the National Park System, the National
                Wildlife Refuge System, the Tennessee Valley Authority,
                and the United States Army Corps of Engineers; and
                    ``(B) is an area open to visitors and invitees to
                the unit or Federal facility.''.
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