119-s1307

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

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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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