Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act
Sponsored By: Representative Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
In Committee
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.
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- 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.
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Weapon lockers for House employees
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 before entry. They must enter through an external pedestrian entrance, leave the weapon in a locker while inside, and retrieve it only to leave immediately. Covered weapons are self-defense spray, a stun gun, or a firearm as defined in D.C. law. Covered buildings are Cannon, Longworth, Rayburn, Ford, O’Neill, and the House wing of the U.S. Capitol (garages excluded). The Capitol Police Board would have 180 days after enactment to design, install, and run the lockers and issue rules.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
FL • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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