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HR 9053 116th Congress House Congress Congressional officers and employees Firearms and explosives Government buildings, facilities, and property Members of Congress Motor vehicles U.S. Capitol

No Congressional Gun Loophole Act

Introduced: December 28, 2020 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Dec 29, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Dec 28, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Dec 28, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Congressional Gun Loophole Act

This bill prohibits the Capitol Police Board from allowing Members of Congress or their staff to carry firearms on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol or in its buildings. Members and their staff may store firearms in their cars in Capitol complex garages if their possession complies with the firearms laws of the District of Columbia and the firearms are locked with gun locks while on the complex.

Current board regulations allow Members of Congress to keep firearms in their offices; the regulations also allow Members and their staff to transport unloaded and securely wrapped firearms within the Capitol grounds. Firearms are prohibited inside the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in adjacent lobbies and cloakrooms, the galleries, the Marble Room of the Senate, and the Rayburn Room of the House, unless approved by the Sergeants at Arms for security purposes.

What's happening now December 29, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
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Carson, André
Indiana · Dec 28, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 28, 2020
Speier, Jackie
· Dec 28, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9053: No Congressional Gun Loophole Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9053/
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"H.R. 9053: No Congressional Gun Loophole Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9053/.
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