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Armed Forces Carry Rights Protection Act of 2026
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 to establish a rebuttable presumption in favor of authorizing a member of the Armed Forces to carry a personal firearm on a military installation.
Summary
This bill amends federal law to establish a rebuttable presumption allowing military members to carry personal firearms on military installations when they are not performing duty there. Under this change, the default authorization would be in favor of allowing the firearm carry unless the military provides specific grounds for denial. Any denial of authorization must be provided in writing and include an objective, clearly describable, and individualized basis for the denial.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5] (R-CO)
10 cosponsors
- Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] (R-CO)
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO)
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC)
- Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA)
- Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38] (R-TX)
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX)
- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT)
- Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5] (R-VA)
- Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8] (R-IN)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jeff Crank’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $86,200
- NOR'WOOD FOUNDATION $13,200
- CLASSIC HOMES $9,900
- GE JOHNSON HOLDINGS $6,600
- BANCROFT INVESTMENTS $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jeff Crank → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 7, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- May 7, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 7, 2026
Mr. Crank introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 to establish a rebuttable presumption in favor of authorizing a member of the Armed Forces to carry a personal firearm on a military installation.
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 “Armed Forces Carry Rights Protection Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION IN FAVOR OF AUTHORIZING A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES TO CARRY A PERSONAL FIREARM ON A MILITARY INSTALLATION.
Section 526 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 10 U.S.C. 2672 note) is amended—
(1) by inserting “(a) Establishment.—” before “Not later”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
“(b) Presumption.—In the process under subsection (a), there shall be a rebuttable presumption in favor of authorizing a member to carry a firearm owned by such member while the member—
“(1) is on the installation, center, or facility; and
“(2) is not performing duty at such installation, center, or facility.
“(c) Written Denial.—A denial of authorization pursuant to such process shall—
“(1) be in writing; and
“(2) include an objective, clearly describable, and individualized basis for such denial.”. <all>
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