,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gife  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ag1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,ruiz 7for himself and ,ms4 ,norton7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the 
unauthorized possession of a firearm at 
a ,federal election site4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,vote ,without ,fear ,act4  #b4         
,prohibition on unauthorized firearm    
possession at a ,federal election site  
7a7 ,in general ,chapter #dd of title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
#ice4 ,prohibition on unauthorized      
firearm possession at a ,federal        
election site  7a7  7#a7 ,except as     
provided in paragraph 7#b71 whoever     
knowingly possesses or causes to be     
present a firearm in1 or within #ajj    
yards of an entrance to1 a place that   
the individual knows1 or has reasonable 
cause to believe1 is a ,federal election

 site1 or attempts to do so1 shall be   
fined under this title1 imprisoned not  
more than #a year1 or both4  7#b7       
,paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply to--    
7,a7 the possession of a firearm by a   
law enforcement officer employed by the 
,united ,states1 a ,state1 or a         
political subdivision thereof1 or a     
private security guard hired or arranged
 for by the owner or manager of a       
building in which there is a ,federal   
election site1 who is authorized by law 
to possess a firearm and who is on duty2
  7,b7 the possession of a firearm in a 
vehicle within #ajj yards of an entrance
 to a ,federal election site1 if the    
firearm is not removed from the vehicle 
or brandished while the vehicle is in1  
or within #ajj yards of the entrance to1
 the ,federal election site2 or  7,c7   
the otherwise lawful possession of a    
firearm in a place of residence1 in a   
place of business1 or on private        
property1 in or within #ajj yards of an 
entrance to a ,federal election site4   

7b7 ,whoever1 with intent that a firearm
 be used in the commission of a crime1  
knowingly possesses or causes to be     
present the firearm in1 or within #ajj  
yards of an entrance to1 a place that   
the individual knows1 or has reasonable 
cause to believe1 is a ,federal election
 site1 or attempts to do so1 shall be   
fined under this title1 imprisoned not  
more than #e years1 or both4  7c7 ,a    
person who kills any person in the      
course of a violation of subsection 7a7 
or 7b71 or in the course of an attack on
 a ,federal election site1 involving the
 use of a firearm1 or attempts or       
conspires to do so1 shall be punished as
 provided in sections #aaaa1 #aaab1     
#aaac1 and #aaag4  7d7 ,in this section1
 the term ,federal election site means a
 building or any part thereof at which  
an employee of the ,united ,states1 a   
,state1 or a political subdivision      
thereof is engaged in--  7#a7 the       
administration of a polling place in an 
election for ,federal office2 or  7#b7  

the processing or counting of ballots   
cast in such an election4  4  7b7       
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections for such chapter is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
item3  #ice4 ,prohibition on            
unauthorized firearm possession at a    
,federal election site4  4