119-hr2243

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[H.R. 2243 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2243

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 15, 2025

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 AN ACT

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement 
Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed 
 weapons by law enforcement officers, 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. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``LEOSA Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. CONFORMING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAFETY ACT AND THE GUN-
 FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT OF 1990.

 

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.''.

SEC. 3. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAFETY ACT.

    (a) Each of sections 926B

    (a) and 926C

    (a) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``or any other provision of Federal law, 
or any regulation prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior 
pertaining to a unit of the National Park System'' after ``thereof''.

    (b) Each of sections 926B

    (b) and 926C

    (b) of such title are 
amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) , by inserting ``, except to the extent 
 that the laws apply on property used by a common or contract 
 carrier to transport people or property by land, rail, or water 
 or on property open to the public (whether or not a fee is 
 charged to enter the property)'' before the semicolon; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (2) , by inserting ``, except to the extent 
 that the laws apply on property used by a common or contract 
 carrier to transport people or property by land, rail, or water 
 or on property open to the public (whether or not a fee is 
 charged to enter the property)'' before the period.
            (c) Each of sections 926B

    (e)

    (2) and 926C

    (e)

    (1)
        (B) of such title is 
amended by inserting ``any magazine and'' after ``includes''.
            (d) Section 926C
            (c) (4) of such title is amended to read as follows:
 ``

    (4) has met the standards for qualification in firearms 
 training during the most recent period of 12 months (or, at the 
 option of the State in which the individual resides, a greater 
 number of months, not exceeding 36 months), and for purposes of 
 this paragraph, the term `standards for qualification in 
 firearms training' means--
 ``
        (A) the standards for active duty law enforcement 
 officers as established by the former agency of the 
 individual;
 ``
        (B) the standards for active duty law enforcement 
 officers as established by the State in which the 
 individual resides;
 ``
            (C) the standards for active duty law enforcement 
 officers employed by any law enforcement agency in the 
 State in which the individual resides; or
 ``
            (D) any standard for active duty law enforcement 
 officers for firearms qualification conducted by any 
 certified firearms instructor within the State in which 
 the individual resides;''.

    (e) Section 926C
            (d) of such title is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``not less recently than 
 one year before the date the individual is carrying the 
 concealed firearm, been tested or otherwise found by the agency 
 to meet the active duty standards for qualification in firearms 
 training as established by the agency to carry'' and inserting 
 ``met the standards for qualification in firearms training 
 required by subsection
            (c) (4) for''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking subparagraph
        (B) and 
 inserting the following:
 ``
        (B) a certification issued by the former agency of the 
 individual, the State in which the individual resides, any law 
 enforcement agency within the State in which the individual 
 resides, or any certified firearms instructor within the State 
 in which the individual resides that indicates that the 
 individual has met the standards for qualification in firearms 
 training required by subsection
            (c) (4) .''.

SEC. 4. PERMITTING QUALIFIED CURRENT AND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT 
 OFFICERS TO CARRY FIREARMS IN CERTAIN FEDERAL FACILITIES.

 

Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (d) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``or'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking the period at the 
 end and inserting ``or''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) the possession of a firearm or ammunition in a 
 Facility Security Level I or II civilian public access facility 
 by a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 

section 926B
            (c) ) or a qualified retired law enforcement officer (as 
 defined in 

section 926C
            (c) ).''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (g) , by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) The term `Facility Security Level' means a security 
 risk assessment level assigned to a Federal facility by the 
 security agency of the facility in accordance with the 
 biannually issued Interagency Security Committee Standard.
 ``

    (5) The term `civilian public access facility' means a 
 facility open to the general public.''.

 Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.