H.R. 7935

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7935 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7935

To provide for a cause of action enabling recovery of any person harmed 
by the limitation on ability to carry a firearm in a different 
jurisdiction.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 16, 2026

Mr. McGuire introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To provide for a cause of action enabling recovery of any person harmed 
by the limitation on ability to carry a firearm in a different 
jurisdiction.

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 ``Shall Not Be Infringed Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. GUN FREE ZONE POLICY REQUIREMENT PERTAINING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR 
BYRNE-JAG FUNDING.

(a) Gun Free Zone Policy Requirement.--For each fiscal year after 
the expiration of the period specified in subsection (b) in which a 
State or unit of local government receives a grant under part E of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), the State or unit of local government shall 
conform its laws and policies to the following:
(1) If the State or unit of local government has in effect 
any law providing for a gun free zone, then in the case of any 
person--
(A) who is harmed by the use of a firearm by 
another,
(B) such harm occurs in a gun free zone,
(C) who is authorized to carry a firearm in that 
person's State of residence, and
(D) the person harmed could, if allowed to carry a 
firearm, have averted or mitigated such harm,
such person may recover, in a civil action against the State or 
unit of local government, compensatory damages and damages for 
pain and suffering.
(2) The term ``gun free zone'' means any geographical area 
where the carrying of a firearm is prohibited under Federal, 
State, or local law by a member of the public.
(b) Compliance and Ineligibility.--
(1) Compliance date.--The period specified in this 
subsection is the period beginning on the first full fiscal 
year after the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Ineligibility for funds.--For any fiscal year after the 
expiration of the period specified in paragraph (1), a State or 
unit of local government that fails to comply with subsection 
(a), shall be subject to a reduction of not more than 99 
percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated for that 
fiscal year to the State or unit of local government under 
subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), whether 
characterized as the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local Government Law 
Enforcement Block Grants Program, the Edward Byrne Memorial 
Justice Assistance Grant Program, or otherwise.
(c) Reallocation.--Amounts not allocated under a program referred 
to in subsection (b)(2) to a State for failure to fully comply with 
subsection (a) shall be reallocated under that program to States that 
have not failed to comply with such subsection.

SEC. 3. GUN FREE ZONE POLICY REQUIREMENT PERTAINING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR 
COPS FUNDING.

For each fiscal year after the expiration of the period specified 
in section 2(b) in which a State or unit of local government receives a 
grant under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), the State or unit of 
local government shall conform its laws and policies to the requirement 
in section 2(a). For any fiscal year after the expiration of the period 
specified in section 2(b)(1), a State or unit of local government that 
fails to comply with this section, shall be subject to a reduction of 
not more than 99 percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated 
for that fiscal year to the State or unit of local government.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

Terms used in this Act have the meanings given such terms in 
section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968.
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