,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ag1 #bjac ,mr4 
,gibbs 7for himself and ,mr4            
,schweikert7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to protect 
the right of individuals to bear arms at
 water resources development projects   
administered by the ,secretary of the   
,army1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,recreational ,lands ,self-,defense 
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,protecting         
,americans from violent crime  7a7      
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,the ,second ,amendment to the   
,constitution provides that the right of
 the people to keep and bear ,arms1     
shall not be infringed4  7#b7 ,section  
#cbg4ac of title #cf1 ,code of ,federal 
,regulations1 provides that1 except in  
special circumstances1 possession of    
loaded firearms1 ammunition1 loaded     

projectile firing devices1 bows and     
arrows1 crossbows1 or other weapons is  
prohibited at water resources           
development projects administered by the
 ,secretary of the ,army4  7#c7 ,the    
regulations described in paragraph 7#b7 
prevent individuals complying with      
,federal and ,state laws from exercising
 the second amendment rights of the     
individuals while at such water         
resources development projects4  7#d7   
,the ,federal laws should make it clear 
that the second amendment rights of an  
individual at a water resources         
development project should not be       
infringed4  7b7 ,protecting the right of
 individuals ,to bear arms at water     
resources development projects ,the     
,secretary of the ,army shall not       
promulgate or enforce any regulation    
that prohibits an individual from       
possessing a firearm including an       
assembled or functional firearm at a    
water resources development project     
covered under section #cbg4j of title   

#cf1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7as 
in effect on the date of enactment of   
this ,act71 if--  7#a7 the individual is
 not otherwise prohibited by law from   
possessing the firearm2 and  7#b7 the   
possession of the firearm is in         
compliance with the law of the ,state in
 which the water resources development  
project is located4