Safe Bases Act
This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Defense (DOD) to allow a service member to carry a concealed firearm while on any military installation. DOD must establish a single authority within the department to issue permits for this purpose. To be eligible for a permit, the service member must be on active duty and must not be prohibited under federal law from purchasing, owning, or possessing a firearm.
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish an authority to issue 
   permits to certain members of the Armed Forces who seek to carry 
          concealed firearms while on military installations.

    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 ``Safe Bases Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMITS TO CARRY CONCEALED FIREARMS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
single element of the Department of Defense to issue, upon request by a 
covered member, a permit that authorizes that covered member to carry a 
concealed firearm while on any military installation.
    (b) Covered Member Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
member'' means a member of the Armed Forces who--
            (1) is not prohibited from purchasing, owning, or 
        possessing a firearm under section 922 of title 18, United 
        States Code; and
            (2) is on active duty.
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Safe Bases Act
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish an authority to issue permits to certain members of the Armed Forces who seek to carry concealed firearms while on military installations.
Safe Bases Act
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory