LEOSA Reform Act

LEOSA Reform Act

This bill allows certain authorized retired and off-duty law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms in a school zone, on public property, or in a national park.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6105 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6105

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement 
                          Officer Safety Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2018

 Mr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Rutherford) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement 
                          Officer Safety Act.

    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 ``LEOSA Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAFETY ACT.

    (a) Allowing Qualified Current or Retired Law Enforcement Officers 
To Carry a Firearm in a School Zone.--Section 922(q)(2)(B) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (vi);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (vii) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(viii) by an individual authorized by 
                        section 926B or 926C to carry a concealed 
                        firearm.''.
    (b) Allowing Qualified Current or Retired Law Enforcement Officers 
To Carry a Firearm on Property Open to the Public (including on 
Amtrak).--Each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of sections 926B(b) and 
926C(b) of such title are amended by inserting ``, except to the extent 
that the laws apply to property open to the public'' before the 
semicolon.
    (c) Allowing Qualified Current or Retired Law Enforcement Officers 
To Carry a Firearm in a National Park.--Each of sections 926B(a) and 
926C(a) of such title is amended by inserting ``or any regulation 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior pertaining to a unit of the 
National Park System'' after ``thereof''.
    (d) Allowing Qualified Current or Retired Law Enforcement Officers 
To Carry an Ammunition Magazine of Any Capacity.--Each of sections 
926B(e)(2) and 926C(e)(1)(B) of such title is amended by inserting 
``and an ammunition magazine'' before ``not expressly''.
    (e) Allowing Retired Law Enforcement Officers To Qualify for 
Concealed Carry by Passing a State-Approved Qualification Course for 
Retired Officers or a Course Needed To Obtain a Concealed Carry Permit 
in the State.--Section 926C(d)(2)(B) of such title is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding clause (I), by striking 
        ``active duty officers'' each place it appears;
            (2) in clause (I)--
                    (A) by striking ``active duty''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (3) in clause (II), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(III) the standards set by the agency 
                        referred to in paragraph (1) to carry a firearm 
                        of the same type as the concealed firearm.''.
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