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H.R. 9719House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Federal Lands Lawful Carry Act

Sponsored by Rudy Yakym IIIRep. Rudy Yakym III (R-IN)
Introduced July 16, 2026

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The Federal Lands Lawful Carry Act would let people legally carry firearms in a range of federal lands and facilities that are open to the public, such as national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and lands managed by the BLM or Army Corps of Engineers. The permission applies only if the individual isn’t already barred from owning a gun and follows the firearm laws of the state where the land is located. This change affects visitors, invitees, and potentially staff at those federal sites.

Key Provisions

  • Amends the federal law that generally bans firearms on federal property to create an exception for certain “exempted areas.”
  • Defines “exempted area” as any unit or facility owned or leased by the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Forest System, NOAA, National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, Tennessee Valley Authority, or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that is open to visitors or invitees.
  • Allows a person to possess a firearm in an exempted area if the person is not otherwise prohibited by law and the possession complies with the state law where the area is located.

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

July 16, 2026

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Introduced in House

July 16, 2026

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

July 16, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued July 16, 2026

I

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 9719

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 16, 2026

Mr. Yakym (for himself and Mr. Fallon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To authorize possession of a firearm in certain units and facilities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Federal Lands Lawful Carry Act.

2.

Exception to firearm prohibition

Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

in subsection (d), by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:

For purposes of paragraph (3), the possession of a firearm in any exempted area is possession with a lawful purpose if the individual in possession of the firearm is not otherwise prohibited by law from such possession and such possession is in compliance with the law of the State in which the exempted area is located.

; and

(2)

in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:

(4)

The term exempted area means any unit or Federal facility that—

(A)

is owned or leased by the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the National Forest System, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers; and

(B)

is an area open to visitors and invitees to the unit or Federal facility.

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