SEC. 6215. PROHIBITION AGAINST FIREARMS AND DANGEROUS
WEAPONS IN FEDERAL
FACILITIES.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
"§ 930. Possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in
Federal facilities
"(a) Except as
provided in subsection (c), whoever knowingly possesses or causes to be present
a firearm or other dangerous weapon in a Federal facility, or attempts to do
so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or
both.
"(b) Whoever,
with intent that a firearm or other dangerous weapon be used in the commission
of a crime, knowingly possesses or causes to be present such firearm or
dangerous weapon in a Federal facility, or attempts to do so, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
"(c) Subsection
(a) shall not apply to—
"(1) the
lawful performance of official duties by an officer, agent, or employee of the
United States, a State, or a political subdivision thereof, who is authorized
by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or
prosecution of any violation of law;
"(2) the
possession of a firearm or other dangerous weapon by a Federal official or a
member of the Armed Forces if such possession is authorized by law; or
"(3) the
lawful carrying of firearms or other dangerous weapons in a Federal facility
incident to hunting or other lawful purposes.
"(d) Nothing in
this section limits the power of a court of the United States to punish for
contempt or to promulgate rules or orders regulating, restricting, or prohibiting
the possession of weapons within any building housing such court or any of its
proceedings, or upon any grounds appurtenant to such building.
"(e) As used in
this section:
"(1) The
term 'Federal facility' means a building or part thereof owned or leased by the
Federal Government, where Federal employees are regularly present for the purpose
of performing their official duties.
"(2) The
term 'dangerous weapon' means a weapon, device, instrument, material, or
substance, animate or inanimate, that is used for, or is readily capable of,
causing death or serious bodily injury, except that such term does not include
a pocket knife with a blade of less than ^Vt. inches in length.
"(f) Notice of
the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall be posted conspicuously at each
public entrance to each Federal facility, and no person shall be convicted of
an offense under subsection (a) with respect to a Federal facility if such
notice is not so posted at such facility, unless such person had actual notice
of subsection (a).".
(b) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter 44 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
"930. Possession of firearms and
dangerous weapons in Federal facilities.".
