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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2477 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 to permit qualified law |
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| 6 | 6 | | enforcement officers, qualified retired law enforcement officers, and per- |
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| 7 | 7 | | sons not prohibited by State law from carrying a concealed firearm |
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| 8 | 8 | | to carry a firearm, and to discharge a firearm in defense of self or |
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| 9 | 9 | | others, in a school zone. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | APRIL3, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. W |
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| 13 | 13 | | EBERof Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 to permit |
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| 17 | 17 | | qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law |
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| 18 | 18 | | enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by State |
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| 19 | 19 | | law from carrying a concealed firearm to carry a firearm, |
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| 20 | 20 | | and to discharge a firearm in defense of self or others, |
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| 21 | 21 | | in a school zone. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Against School 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Shootings Act’’ or the ‘‘PASS Act’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. USE OF FIREARMS IN SCHOOL ZONES BY QUALI-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | FIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, QUALI-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | FIED RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | CERS, AND PERSONS NOT PROHIBITED BY 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | STATE LAW FROM CARRYING A CONCEALED 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | FIREARM. 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | amended— 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) in paragraph (2)(B)— 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | end; 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) in clause (vii), by striking the period 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(viii) by a person who, under section 926B or 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 926C or the law of a State, may carry a concealed 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | firearm.’’; and 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) in paragraph (3)(B)— 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | end; 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(v) by a person who, under section 926B or 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 926C or the law of a State, may carry a concealed 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | firearm.’’. 3 |
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