To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes.

This bill generally permits a federal law enforcement officer to purchase a retired handgun from the agency that issued a handgun to the officer.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that amounts received from the sale of handguns should be used for federal gun safety programs.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4789 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4789

 To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service 
                    weapons, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 22, 2019

  Mrs. Demings (for herself, Mr. Steube, Mr. Soto, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. 
 Rutherford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service 
                    weapons, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PURCHASE OF RETIRED HANDGUNS BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              OFFICERS.

    (a) In General.--A Federal law enforcement officer may purchase a 
retired handgun from the Federal agency that issued the handgun to such 
officer.
    (b) Limitations.--A Federal law enforcement officer may purchase a 
retired handgun under subsection (a) if--
            (1) the purchase is made during the 6-month period 
        beginning on the date the handgun was so retired; and
            (2) the officer is not prohibited from possessing or 
        receiving the handgun under the laws of the United States or 
        the laws of the State, territory, or possession of the United 
        States in which the officer resides.
    (c) Cost.--A handgun purchased under this section shall be sold at 
the fair market value for such handgun taking into account the age and 
condition of the handgun.
    (d) Sense of Congress on Use of Funds.--It is the sense of Congress 
that any amounts received by the Government from the sale of a handgun 
under this section should be transferred and used to fund Federal gun 
safety programs.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) the term ``Federal law enforcement officer'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 115(c)(1) of title 18, 
        United States Code;
            (2) the term ``handgun'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code; and
            (3) the term ``retired handgun'' means any handgun that has 
        been declared surplus by the applicable agency.
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