# 119-hr-1749: Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act

119-hr-1749, Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL); status in_committee (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1749
- Congress: 119
- Title: Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Would create a controlled locker system that lets House employees who are authorized under DC law deposit self-defense weapons at external entrances to House office buildings.** It would require the Capitol Police to install and run secure lockers and publish rules for their use. - House employees, including paid or unpaid interns and fellows, could bring items allowed by DC law—such as self-defense sprays, stun guns, or firearms—only to store them in a Capitol Police locker while inside and then retrieve them when leaving. - The Capitol Police Board would have 180 days after enactment to design, install, and operate lockers at external pedestrian entrances to each House office building and to issue implementing regulations. - Federal building rules in title 40 would be amended to permit these locker exceptions and the law would define which buildings count as House office buildings while excluding garages.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Weapon lockers for House employees: benefit, low. If enacted, House employees, including unpaid or paid interns and fellows, could bring certain self-defense weapons into listed House office buildings only to store them in U.S. Capitol Police lockers. They would need to be authorized under D.C. law to carry the weapon and be in compliance right be…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1749 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1749)

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- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-9109: Stop ANTIFA Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9109)
- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1749 (as of 2025-12-21).