Shall Not Be Infringed Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7935 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2026 Mr. McGuire introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ 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