 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                          CHAPTER 44--FIREARMS
 
Sec. 930. Possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in 
        Federal facilities
        
    (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), whoever knowingly 
possesses or causes to be present a firearm or other dangerous weapon in 
a Federal facility (other than a Federal court 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) A person who kills or attempts to kill any person in the course 
of a violation of subsection (a) or (b), or in the course of an attack 
on a Federal facility involving the use of a firearm or other dangerous 
weapon, shall be punished as provided in sections 1111, 1112, and 1113.
    (d) 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.

    (e)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), whoever knowingly 
possesses or causes to be present a firearm in a Federal court facility, 
or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not 
more than 2 years, or both.
    (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to conduct which is described in 
paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (d).
    (f) 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.
    (g) 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 2\1/2\ inches in length.
        (3) The term ``Federal court facility'' means the courtroom, 
    judges' chambers, witness rooms, jury deliberation rooms, attorney 
    conference rooms, prisoner holding cells, offices of the court 
    clerks, the United States attorney, and the United States marshal, 
    probation and parole offices, and adjoining corridors of any court 
    of the United States.

    (h) Notice of the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall be 
posted conspicuously at each public entrance to each Federal facility, 
and notice of subsection (e) shall be posted conspicuously at each 
public entrance to each Federal court facility, and no person shall be 
convicted of an offense under subsection (a) or (e) 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) or (e), as the 
case may be.

(Added Pub. L. 100-690, title VI, Sec. 6215(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 
4361; amended Pub. L. 101-647, title XXII, Sec. 2205(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 
104 Stat. 4857; Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60014, Sept. 13, 1994, 
108 Stat. 1973; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 603(t), (u), Oct. 11, 
1996, 110 Stat. 3506.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 603(t), substituted 
``subsection (d)'' for ``subsection (c)''.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 603(u)(1), redesignated subsec. 
(g), related to posting notice in Federal facilities, as (h).
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 603(u)(2), substituted ``(e)'' 
for ``(d)'' wherever appearing.
    Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 603(u)(1), redesignated subsec. (g), related 
to posting notice in Federal facilities, as (h).
    1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 60014(2), substituted 
``(d)'' for ``(c)''.
    Subsecs. (c) to (g). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 60014(1), (3), added 
subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (c) to (f) as (d) to (g), 
respectively.
    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2205(a)(1), inserted 
``(other than a Federal court facility)'' after ``Federal facility''.
    Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2205(a)(2), (3), added 
subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e). Former subsec. 
(e) redesignated (f).
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2205(a)(2), redesignated subsec. 
(e) as (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (g).
    Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2205(a)(4), added par. (3).
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2205(a)(5), inserted ``and notice 
of subsection (d) shall be posted conspicuously at each public entrance 
to each Federal court facility,'' after ``each Federal facility,'', ``or 
(d)'' before ``with respect to'', and ``or (d), as the case may be'' 
before the period.
    Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2205(a)(2), redesignated subsec. (f) as (g).


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Section 2205(b) of Pub. L. 101-647 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to conduct 
engaged in after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 
1990].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2332b, 2339A of this title; 
title 20 section 1415.
