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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5066

Introduced

Safe Students Act

Sponsor
RThomas Massie· Kentucky
Introduced
August 29, 2025
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.August 29, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5066 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5066

To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that 
Act.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 29, 2025

Mr. Massie (for himself, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Gosar, 
Mr. Roy, Mr. Perry, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Crane, Mr. Clyde, 
and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that 
Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Students Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT OF 1990 AND AMENDMENTS 
TO THAT ACT.

(a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subsection (q).
(b) Related Amendments.--
(1) Section 921(a) of such title is amended by striking 
paragraphs (25) through (27) and redesignating paragraphs (28), 
(29), and (32) through (37) as paragraphs (25) through (32), 
respectively.
(2) Section 924(a) of such title is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``(k), or 
(q)'' and inserting ``or (k)''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating 
paragraphs (5) through (8) as paragraphs (4) through 
(7), respectively.
(3) The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 (18 U.S.C. 921 
note, 922 note; section 1702 of Public Law 101-647; 104 Stat. 
4844-4845) is repealed.
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