Police Officers Protecting Children Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1307 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1307

  To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law 
enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in 
                             school zones.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 4, 2025

Mr. Sheehy (for himself and Mr. Justice) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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 concealed firearms to protect children in 
                             school zones.

    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) in clause (vi), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon; 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 that 
                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 that section to carry a concealed firearm, if the 
                firearm is concealed; or''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (iii), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (iv), by striking the period 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 that 
                section to carry a concealed firearm; or
                    ``(vi) by a qualified retired law enforcement 
                officer, as defined in section 926C, who is authorized 
                under that section to carry a concealed firearm.''.
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