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HR 3227 114th Congress House

Protecting America's Warriors Act

Official title: To protect the Second Amendment rights of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense trained in the use of firearms to car… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To protect the Second Amendment rights of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense trained in the use of firearms to carry officially-issued or personally-owned firearms on military installations in the United States.

Introduced: July 27, 2015 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of DefenseFirearms and explosivesMilitary facilities and propertyMilitary personnel and dependents
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Sep 8, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jul 27, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 27, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 8, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting America's Warriors Act

This bill states that any provision in any law, rule, regulation, or executive order that prohibits trained military personnel or trained civilian personnel from carrying officially-issued or personally-owned firearms (defined as handguns only) on a military installation in the United States shall have no force or effect with regard to such military personnel.

The Department of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments shall not reinstate the firearm bans or enact similar restrictions prohibiting or restricting trained military personnel or trained civilian personnel from carrying officially-issued or personally-owned firearms on a military installation in the United States.

The President shall not take any executive action or promulgate any rule or issue any executive order or regulation to prohibit or restrict trained military personnel or trained civilian personnel from carrying officially-issued or personally-owned firearms on a military installation in the United States.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3227: Protecting America's Warriors Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3227/
MLA
"H.R. 3227: Protecting America's Warriors Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3227/.
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H.R. 3227, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3227/.
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[H.R. 3227: Protecting America's Warriors Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3227/)
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