Police Officers Protecting Children Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3129 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3129

  To allow certain qualified 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

                             April 30, 2025

 Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Tenney, 
  Mr. Baird, and Mr. Clyde) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow certain qualified 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 QUALIFIED 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 a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined 
        in section 926B) who 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 a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 
        section 926B) who 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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