Congressional Access to Military Posts Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1170 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1170

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for expedited access 
  to certain military installations of the Department of Defense for 
        Members of Congress and certain Congressional employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2025

   Mr. Kelly of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for expedited access 
  to certain military installations of the Department of Defense for 
        Members of Congress and certain Congressional employees.

    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 ``Congressional Access to Military 
Posts Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED ACCESS TO CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CERTAIN 
              CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.

    Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2698. Expedited access to military installations for Members of 
              Congress and certain Congressional employees
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure that--
            ``(1) a Member of Congress seeking access to a covered 
        installation is granted such access if such Member presents a 
        covered identification card; and
            ``(2) any Congressional employees accompanying a Member of 
        Congress granted access under paragraph (1) are granted the 
        same access.
    ``(b) Prohibited Procedures.--Under such procedures, the Secretary 
may not require a Member of Congress to schedule a grant of access to a 
covered installation under subsection (a) prior to the arrival of such 
Member and accompanying Congressional employees, if applicable, at such 
covered installation.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `Congressional employee' has the meaning 
        given such term in paragraph (5) of section 2107 of title 5.
            ``(2) The term `covered identification card' means a valid 
        identification badge issued by the appropriate office of the 
        House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be, 
        which identifies the individual to which such identification 
        badge was issued as a current Member of Congress.
            ``(3) The term `covered installation' means a military 
        installation located in the United States or Guam at which the 
        presentation of an issued Department of Defense common access 
        card is the sole requirement for a member of the Armed Forces 
        to be granted access to such military installation.
            ``(4) The term `Member of Congress' means--
                    ``(A) a Senator; or
                    ``(B) a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
                Commissioner to, Congress.''.
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