Possession of Firearms and Dangerous Weapons in FDIC Facilities

• Legal Form Number: FDIC Directive 1600.1
• Section: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

TYPE AND NUMBER

Circular 1600.1

CONTACT

TELEPHONE NUMBER

Michelle Baker-Dubbs

(703) 562-2276

DATE

August 23, 1999

DATE OF CANCELLATION (Bulletins Only)

TO: All Employees

All Contractors

FROM: Arleas Upton Kea, Director

Division of Administration

SUBJECT: Possession of Firearms and Dangerous Weapons in

FDIC Facilities

1. Purpose. To revise the FDIC policy on possession of firearms

and dangerous weapons in FDIC facilities and to advise

employees, contractors, vendors, visitors, and the public of (a)

the applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 930, a criminal statute which

prohibits individuals from possessing a firearm or other dangerous

weapons in a Federal facility, and (b) the consequences of

violating this criminal statute, which imposes fines and/or

imprisonment of up to a year.

2. Revision. FDIC Circular 1600.1, Possession of Firearms and

Dangerous Weapons in FDIC Facilities, dated November 3, 1995, is

hereby revised and superseded.

3. Scope. This directive applies to all employees, contractors,

vendors, and visitors who have access to or use FDIC facilities.

4. Background. It is the FDIC’s policy to provide a safe work

environment to every employee, contractor, vendor, and visitor.

The presence of firearms and dangerous weapons in buildings owned

or leased by the FDIC potentially threatens the safety of such

persons and is inconsistent with this policy.

In addition, the FDIC has determined that 18 U.S.C. § 930 applies

to any building owned or leased by the FDIC where FDIC employees

and contractors perform their official FDIC duties. The statute

provides, in pertinent part, the following:

a. Whoever knowingly possesses or causes to be present a

firearm or other dangerous weapon in a Federal facility, or

attempts to do so, shall be fined 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

FDIC 1212/03 (6-99)

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*A pedestrian change has been made to the directive and appears in blue. – 2/9/2012