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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1650
To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforce-
ment officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a
school zone.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH17, 2023
Mr. P
FLUGER(for himself, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. BACON, and Ms. TENNEY)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and re-
tired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed fire-
arm to protect children in a school zone.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Officers Pro-4
tecting Children Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. CERTAIN QUALIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-1
CERS AND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-2
FICERS ALLOWED TO CARRY A CONCEALED 3
FIREARM, AND DISCHARGE A FIREARM, IN A 4
SCHOOL ZONE. 5
Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is 6
amended— 7
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)— 8
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 9
(vi); and 10
(B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause 11
(ix) and inserting after clause (vi) the following: 12
‘‘(vii) by a qualified law enforcement offi-13
cer (as defined in section 926B) who is author-14
ized under such section to carry a concealed 15
firearm, if the firearm is concealed; 16
‘‘(viii) by a qualified retired law enforce-17
ment officer (as defined in section 926C) who 18
is authorized under such section to carry a con-19
cealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed; or’’; 20
and 21
(2) in paragraph (3)(B)— 22
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 23
(iii); 24
(B) by striking the period at the end of 25
clause (iv) and inserting a semicolon; and 26
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 1
‘‘(v) by a qualified law enforcement officer 2
(as defined in section 926B) who is authorized 3
under such section to carry a concealed firearm; 4
or 5
‘‘(vi) by a qualified retired law enforcement 6
officer (as defined in section 926C) who is au-7
thorized under such section to carry a concealed 8
firearm.’’. 9
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