Police Officers Protecting Children Act

Police Officers Protecting Children Act - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to provide that the prohibitions against possessing or discharging a firearm in a school zone shall not apply to off-duty or retired law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry a concealed firearm.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2541 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2541

  To allow certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired law 
 enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children 
                           in a school zone.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2013

Mrs. Hartzler (for herself, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cole, 
   Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Mulvaney, Mrs. Noem, Mr. King of Iowa, Mrs. 
Blackburn, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Long, 
 Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Carter, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Radel, Mr. Palazzo, 
Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Benishek, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
  Meadows, and Mr. Smith of Missouri) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired law 
 enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children 
                           in a school zone.

    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 ``Police Officers Protecting Children 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN OFF-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND RETIRED LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ALLOWED TO CARRY A CONCEALED 
              FIREARM, AND DISCHARGE A FIREARM, IN A SCHOOL ZONE.

    Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (vi); 
                and
                    (B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (ix) 
                and inserting after clause (vi) the following:
                    ``(vii) by an off-duty law enforcement officer who 
                is a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 
                section 926B) and is authorized under such section to 
                carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed;
                    ``(viii) by a qualified retired law enforcement 
                officer (as defined in section 926C) who is authorized 
                under such section to carry a concealed firearm, if the 
                firearm is concealed; or''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(B)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (iii);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of clause 
                (iv) and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(v) by an off-duty law enforcement officer who is 
                a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 
                section 926B) and is authorized under such section to 
                carry a concealed firearm; or
                    ``(vi) by a qualified retired law enforcement 
                officer (as defined in section 926C) who is authorized 
                under such section to carry a concealed firearm.''.
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