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PROTECT the Second Amendment Act
To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill prohibits restrictions on firearm possession for residents of federally assisted rental housing. Residents may lawfully possess firearms in their residential units and carry or transport firearms through common areas while traveling to or from their units or leaving the housing complex. The bill applies to residents of housing assisted through multiple federal programs, including public housing, Section 8 rental assistance, HOME Investment Partnerships, Native American housing programs, and rural rental housing assistance. The bill prevents landlords or housing authorities from imposing additional restrictions or conditions on legal firearm possession in these federally assisted housing properties.
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Sponsor (1)
15 cosponsors
- Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] (R-TN)
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL)
- Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID)
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] (R-IA)
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX)
- Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] (R-MS)
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC)
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI)
- Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] (R-TX)
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY)
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX)
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Randy Feenstra’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $38,384
- MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC. $21,800
- BGR GROUP $15,800
- DOLL DISTRIBUTING $13,700
- FRONTIER BANK $13,450
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Randy Feenstra → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Apr 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Apr 17, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
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
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.). <all>
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