1. Short title; findings (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act . (b) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In 2021, there were 2,654 violent crime incidents in the District of Columbia, and 2,900 offenses reported in the District of Columbia by 2 law enforcement agencies that submitted National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data which covered the entire population of the District. (2) Many employees of the House of Representatives who work in House Office Buildings in the District of Columbia commute to and from their offices by walking, and many have themselves been victims of these crimes in the District of Columbia. (3) Individuals in the District of Columbia are authorized under District of Columbia law to carry and use certain weapons for self-defense, including self-defense sprays, stun guns, and concealed firearms. However, District of Columbia and Federal law prohibit individuals from carrying these weapons inside a Federal building. (4) As a result, employees of the House of Representatives who work in House Office Buildings in the District of Columbia are prohibited from carrying weapons inside the buildings in which they work, even if these employees are authorized under District of Columbia law to carry and use these weapons for self-defense outside these buildings. 2. Authorizing House employees to bring certain self-defense weapons into House office buildings (a) Authorization An individual who is an employee of the House of Representatives may bring a weapon described in subsection (b) into a House office building if— (1) the individual is authorized under the laws of the District of Columbia to carry the weapon outside of the building; (2) immediately prior to entering the building, the individual is carrying the weapon in compliance with such laws; (3) the individual enters the building through an external pedestrian entrance