HR 1288 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

District of Columbia Personal Protection Act

Introduced Mar 14, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Mark E. Souder R-IN

Latest action · Mar 14, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 14, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

District of Columbia Personal Protection Act - Amends specified law prohibiting the killing of wild birds and wild animals in the District of Columbia to declare that nothing in it or any other provision of law shall authorize or be construed to permit the Council, the Mayor, or any governmental or regulatory authority of the District to prohibit, constructively prohibit, or unduly burden the ability of persons otherwise not prohibited from possessing firearms under Federal law from acquiring, possessing in their homes or businesses, or using for sporting, self-protection or other lawful purposes, any firearm neither prohibited by Federal law nor subject to the National Firearms Act. Denies the District any authority to enact laws or regulations that discourage or eliminate the private ownership or use of firearms.

Amends the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 to repeal the definition of a machine gun as any firearm which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily converted or restored to shoot semiautomatically, more than 12 shots without manual reloading. (Thus repeals the ban on semiautomatic weapons.)

Redefines "machine gun" to include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.

Repeals the District's: (1) registration requirement for possession of firearms; (2) prohibition on possession of handgun restricted pistol bullets; and (3) requirement that, under certain conditions, firearms in the possession of certain individuals must be kept unloaded, disassembled, or with the trigger locked.

Repeals the definition of restricted pistol bullet as any bullet designed for use in a pistol which, when fired from a pistol with a barrel of five inches or less in length, is capable of penetrating commercially available body armor with a penetration resistance equal to or greater than that of 18 layers of kevlar.

Maintains the current ban on the possession and control of a sawed-off shotgun, machine gun, or short-barreled rifle.

Eliminates criminal penalties for possessing an unregistered firearm.

Amends Federal law to eliminate criminal penalties for carrying a pistol whether loaded or unloaded in one's dwelling house, place of business, or on land possessed by such person.

Amends the District of Columbia Code to extend to firearms generally (currently, only to pistols) the prohibition against carrying such a weapon either openly or concealed within the District without a license issued pursuant to D.C. law.

Specifies exceptions to the prohibition against carrying concealed weapons in the District.

Cosponsors 235

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2005 to Sep 14, 2006; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-CO	Bob Beauprez	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Mar 14, 2005
D-UT	Jim Matheson	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Mar 14, 2005
D-MI	John D. Dingell	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-MN	John Kline	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-IN	John N. Hostettler	Original	Mar 14, 2005
D-CO	John T. Salazar	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy	Original	Mar 14, 2005
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Mar 14, 2005
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-IN	Steve Buyer	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Mar 14, 2005
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Apr 5, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Apr 5, 2005
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Apr 5, 2005
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Apr 5, 2005
R-FL	Dave Weldon		Apr 5, 2005
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Apr 5, 2005
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Apr 5, 2005
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Apr 5, 2005
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Apr 5, 2005
D-TX	Gene Green		Apr 5, 2005
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Apr 5, 2005
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Apr 5, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Apr 5, 2005
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Apr 5, 2005
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		Apr 5, 2005
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Apr 5, 2005
D-TN	John S. Tanner		Apr 5, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus		Apr 5, 2005
R-OK	John Sullivan		Apr 5, 2005
R-TX	Kay Granger		Apr 5, 2005
R-NE	Lee Terry		Apr 5, 2005
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Apr 5, 2005
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Apr 5, 2005
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Apr 5, 2005
D-AR	Marion Berry		Apr 5, 2005
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Apr 5, 2005
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Apr 5, 2005
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Apr 5, 2005
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Apr 5, 2005
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Apr 5, 2005
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Apr 5, 2005
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Apr 5, 2005
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Apr 5, 2005
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Apr 5, 2005
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Apr 5, 2005
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Apr 5, 2005
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Apr 5, 2005
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Apr 5, 2005
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Apr 5, 2005
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake		Apr 5, 2005
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Apr 5, 2005
R-OK	Tom Cole		Apr 5, 2005
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Apr 12, 2005
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Apr 12, 2005
R-AK	Don Young		Apr 12, 2005
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Apr 12, 2005
R-NH	Jeb Bradley		Apr 12, 2005
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Apr 12, 2005
R-MO	Kenny C. Hulshof		Apr 12, 2005
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Apr 12, 2005
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Apr 12, 2005
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		Apr 12, 2005
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Apr 12, 2005
R-AL	Terry Everett		Apr 12, 2005
R-GA	Tom Price		Apr 12, 2005
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Apr 20, 2005
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Apr 20, 2005
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Apr 20, 2005
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Apr 20, 2005
R-TX	Ted Poe		Apr 20, 2005
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		Apr 20, 2005
R-TX	Tom DeLay		Apr 20, 2005
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Apr 28, 2005
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Apr 28, 2005
R-IN	Dan Burton		Apr 28, 2005
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.		Apr 28, 2005
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Apr 28, 2005
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Apr 28, 2005
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Apr 28, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Apr 28, 2005
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Apr 28, 2005
R-PA	John E. Peterson		Apr 28, 2005
R-GA	John Linder		Apr 28, 2005
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Apr 28, 2005
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Apr 28, 2005
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Apr 28, 2005
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Apr 28, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden		Apr 28, 2005
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Apr 28, 2005
R-CA	Wally Herger		Apr 28, 2005
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		May 5, 2005
R-KY	Anne M. Northup		May 5, 2005
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		May 5, 2005
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		May 5, 2005
D-MS	Gene Taylor		May 5, 2005
R-KY	Geoff Davis		May 5, 2005
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		May 5, 2005
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		May 5, 2005
R-AL	Jo Bonner		May 5, 2005
R-MI	John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz		May 5, 2005
D-PA	John P. Murtha		May 5, 2005
R-IN	Michael E. Sodrel		May 5, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		May 5, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul		May 5, 2005
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		May 5, 2005
D-OK	Dan Boren		May 12, 2005
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		May 12, 2005
R-TX	Kevin Brady		May 12, 2005
D-OH	Ted Strickland		May 12, 2005
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		May 12, 2005
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		May 12, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		May 12, 2005
R-MI	Fred Upton		May 19, 2005
D-CA	Joe Baca		May 19, 2005
R-FL	Katherine Harris		May 19, 2005
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		May 19, 2005
R-IN	Mike Pence		May 19, 2005
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		May 25, 2005
D-FL	Allen Boyd		May 25, 2005
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		May 25, 2005
R-OR	Greg Walden		May 25, 2005
R-GA	Jack Kingston		May 25, 2005
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		May 25, 2005
R-NY	John M. McHugh		May 25, 2005
R-TX	John R. Carter		May 25, 2005
R-TX	Lamar Smith		May 25, 2005
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		May 25, 2005
R-AL	Mike Rogers		May 25, 2005
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo		May 25, 2005
R-FL	Tom Feeney		May 25, 2005
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Jun 7, 2005
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Jun 7, 2005
R-LA	Jim McCrery		Jun 7, 2005
R-KS	Jim Ryun		Jun 7, 2005
D-GA	John Barrow		Jun 7, 2005
R-FL	John L. Mica		Jun 7, 2005
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jun 7, 2005
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jun 7, 2005
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Jun 7, 2005
R-KY	Ron Lewis		Jun 7, 2005
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Jun 7, 2005
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Jun 9, 2005
R-FL	Connie Mack		Jun 9, 2005
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Jun 9, 2005
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Jun 9, 2005
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Jun 9, 2005
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Jun 15, 2005
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Jun 15, 2005
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Jun 15, 2005
R-CO	Joel Hefley		Jun 15, 2005
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Jun 15, 2005
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Jun 15, 2005
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Jun 15, 2005
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Jun 15, 2005
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Jun 15, 2005
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Jun 16, 2005
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Jun 16, 2005
R-NV	Jim Gibbons		Jun 16, 2005
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Jun 16, 2005
R-PA	Phil English		Jun 16, 2005
R-AZ	Rick Renzi		Jun 16, 2005
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jun 16, 2005
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Jun 16, 2005
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Jun 17, 2005
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jun 17, 2005
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Jun 17, 2005
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Jun 17, 2005
R-WI	Mark Green		Jun 17, 2005
R-FL	Ric Keller		Jun 17, 2005
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Jun 17, 2005
R-SC	Bob Inglis		Jun 22, 2005
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		Jun 22, 2005
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Jun 22, 2005
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jun 22, 2005
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Jun 22, 2005
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe		Jun 22, 2005
R-TX	Joe Barton		Jun 22, 2005
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Jun 22, 2005
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jun 22, 2005
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan		Jun 23, 2005
R-IN	Chris Chocola		Jun 23, 2005
R-MI	Dave Camp		Jun 23, 2005
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Jun 23, 2005
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Jun 23, 2005
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jun 23, 2005
R-OH	John A. Boehner		Jun 23, 2005
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Jun 23, 2005
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Jun 23, 2005
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		Jun 23, 2005
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Jun 24, 2005
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Jun 24, 2005
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Jun 30, 2005
R-CA	George Radanovich		Jun 30, 2005
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Jun 30, 2005
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Jun 30, 2005
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		Jun 30, 2005
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jun 30, 2005
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Jun 30, 2005
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Jul 12, 2005
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jul 12, 2005
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Jul 12, 2005
R-PA	Don Sherwood		Jul 13, 2005
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Jul 13, 2005
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Jul 13, 2005
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Jul 27, 2005
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Jul 27, 2005
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jul 29, 2005
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Jul 29, 2005
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Sep 21, 2005
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Sep 29, 2005
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo		Sep 29, 2005
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Oct 25, 2005
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Oct 27, 2005
R-IA	Tom Latham		Oct 27, 2005
R-IA	Jim Nussle		Nov 15, 2005
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Dec 14, 2005
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Dec 15, 2005
R-CA	John Campbell		Dec 17, 2005
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Feb 28, 2006
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Mar 30, 2006
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Apr 4, 2006
R-FL	Mark Foley		Jul 26, 2006
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Sep 7, 2006
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Sep 14, 2006

Committees 1

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Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Mar 14, 2005

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 14, 2005Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Research

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Printed hearings 1

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Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 109-40	UNDER FIRE: DOES THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S GUN BAN HELP OR HURT THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME?161 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Jun 28, 2005

CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

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Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL32994	District of Columbia: FY2006 Appropriations Archived	Report	Apr 25, 2006

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1082	District of Columbia Personal Protection Act	Related bill	Jun 9, 2005

Titles 2

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Official Title as Introduced: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
Short Titles as Introduced: District of Columbia Personal Protection Act

Subjects

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Text 1

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Mar 14, 2005Introduced in House

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