Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act
This bill allows House of Representatives employees (including interns and fellows) working in designated Capitol Hill office buildings to store certain self-defense items in secure lockers at building entrances. Specifically, it authorizes employees to bring permitted DC-legal items - self-defense sprays, stun guns, and firearms - into the buildings if stored in Capitol Police-operated lockers upon entry and retrieved before exit. The bill requires the Capitol Police to install these lockers at external pedestrian entrances to six specific House office buildings within 180 days of enactment. It does not change DC or federal weapon laws but creates a safe storage mechanism for employees already authorized to carry these items outside federal buildings.
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in committee
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Introduction
Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 27, 2025
Last action Feb 27, 2025
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Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Feb 27, 2025
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lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Party
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W. Gregory Steube
RRepublican
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