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	2	+	Union Calendar No. 418
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2	4		2
3	5		DSESSION H. R. 354
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–502]
	7	+	To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement
	8	+	Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed
	9	+	weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
	10	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	11	+	JANUARY13, 2023
	12	+	Mr. B
	13	+	ACON(for himself, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. STEIL,
	14	+	Ms. V
	15	+	ANDUYNE, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. BARR, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr.
	16	+	B
	17	+	ISHOPof North Carolina, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. JOHNSONof Louisiana, Mr.
	18	+	G
	19	+	UEST, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. CARTERof Texas, Mr. LAM-
	20	+	BORN, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota, and Mr.
	21	+	S
	22	+	MUCKER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
	23	+	mittee on the Judiciary
	24	+	M
	25	+	AY14, 2024
	26	+	Additional sponsors: Mrs. L
	27	+	ESKO, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr.
	28	+	V
	29	+	ANDREW, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsylvania, Mr. SANTOS, Mr. FINSTAD,
	30	+	Ms. T
	31	+	ENNEY, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. POSEY, Mr. OGLES, Mr.
	32	+	G
	33	+	OODENof Texas, Mr. FALLON, Mr. WILLIAMSof Texas, Mr. TONY
	34	+	G
	35	+	ONZALESof Texas, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr.
	36	+	F
	37	+	LEISCHMANN, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. GREENof Tennessee,
	38	+	Mrs. F
	39	+	ISCHBACH, Mr. BOST, and Mr. MOONEY
	40	+	M
	41	+	AY14, 2024
	42	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
	43	+	House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
	44	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	45	+	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 13, 2023]
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	48	+	•HR 354 RH
	49	+	A BILL
5	50		To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the
6	51		Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions re-
7	52		lating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law en-
8	53		forcement officers, and for other purposes.
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9	57		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
10		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
11		-	•HR 354 EH
12		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
13		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘LEOSA Reform Act 2
14		-	of 2024’’. 3
15		-	SEC. 2. CONFORMING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 4
16		-	SAFETY ACT AND THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL 5
17		-	ZONES ACT OF 1990. 6
18		-	Section 922(q)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 7
19		-	is amended— 8
20		-	(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (vi); 9
21		-	(2) by striking the period at the end of clause 10
22		-	(vii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 11
23		-	(3) by adding at the end the following: 12
24		-	‘‘(viii) by an individual authorized by section 13
25		-	926B or 926C to carry a concealed firearm.’’. 14
26		-	SEC. 3. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCE-15
27		-	MENT OFFICER SAFETY ACT. 16
28		-	(a) Each of sections 926B(a) and 926C(a) of title 17
29		-	18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or any 18
30		-	other provision of Federal law, or any regulation pre-19
31		-	scribed by the Secretary of the Interior pertaining to a 20
32		-	unit of the National Park System’’ after ‘‘thereof’’. 21
33		-	(b) Each of sections 926B(b) and 926C(b) of such 22
34		-	title are amended— 23
35		-	(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, except to 24
36		-	the extent that the laws apply on property used by 25
37		-	a common or contract carrier to transport people or 26 3
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39		-	property by land, rail, or water or on property open 1
40		-	to the public (whether or not a fee is charged to 2
41		-	enter the property)’’ before the semicolon; and 3
42		-	(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, except to 4
43		-	the extent that the laws apply on property used by 5
44		-	a common or contract carrier to transport people or 6
45		-	property by land, rail, or water or on property open 7
46		-	to the public (whether or not a fee is charged to 8
47		-	enter the property)’’ before the period. 9
48		-	(c) Each of sections 926B(e)(2) and 926C(e)(1)(B) 10
49		-	of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘any magazine and’’ 11
50		-	after ‘‘includes’’. 12
51		-	(d) Section 926C(c)(4) of such title is amended to 13
52		-	read as follows: 14
53		-	‘‘(4) has met the standards for qualification in 15
54		-	firearms training during the most recent period of 16
55		-	12 months (or, at the option of the State in which 17
56		-	the individual resides, a greater number of months, 18
57		-	not exceeding 36 months), and for purposes of this 19
58		-	paragraph, the term ‘standards for qualification in 20
59		-	firearms training’ means— 21
60		-	‘‘(A) the standards for active duty law en-22
61		-	forcement officers as established by the former 23
62		-	agency of the individual; 24 4
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64		-	‘‘(B) the standards for active duty law en-1
65		-	forcement officers as established by the State in 2
66		-	which the individual resides; 3
67		-	‘‘(C) the standards for active duty law en-4
68		-	forcement officers employed by any law enforce-5
69		-	ment agency in the State in which the indi-6
70		-	vidual resides; or 7
71		-	‘‘(D) any standard for active duty law en-8
72		-	forcement officers for firearms qualification 9
73		-	conducted by any certified firearms instructor 10
74		-	within the State in which the individual re-11
75		-	sides;’’. 12
76		-	(e) Section 926C(d) of such title is amended— 13
77		-	(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less re-14
78		-	cently than one year before the date the individual 15
79		-	is carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or oth-16
80		-	erwise found by the agency to meet the active duty 17
81		-	standards for qualification in firearms training as 18
82		-	established by the agency to carry’’ and inserting 19
83		-	‘‘met the standards for qualification in firearms 20
84		-	training required by subsection (c)(4) for’’; and 21
85		-	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 22
86		-	(B) and inserting the following: 23
87		-	‘‘(B) a certification issued by the former agency 24
88		-	of the individual, the State in which the individual 25 5
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90		-	resides, any law enforcement agency within the State 1
91		-	in which the individual resides, or any certified fire-2
92		-	arms instructor within the State in which the indi-3
93		-	vidual resides that indicates that the individual has 4
94		-	met the standards for qualification in firearms train-5
95		-	ing required by subsection (c)(4).’’. 6
96		-	SEC. 4. PERMITTING QUALIFIED CURRENT AND RETIRED 7
97		-	LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY 8
98		-	FIREARMS IN CERTAIN FEDERAL FACILITIES. 9
99		-	Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is 10
100		-	amended— 11
101		-	(1) in subsection (d)— 12
102		-	(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 13
103		-	the end; 14
104		-	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-15
105		-	riod at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 16
106		-	(C) by adding at the end the following: 17
107		-	‘‘(4) the possession of a firearm or ammunition 18
108		-	in a Facility Security Level I or II civilian public ac-19
109		-	cess facility by a qualified law enforcement officer 20
110		-	(as defined in section 926B(c)) or a qualified retired 21
111		-	law enforcement officer (as defined in section 22
112		-	926C(c)).’’; and 23
113		-	(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 24
114		-	following: 25 6
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116		-	‘‘(4) The term ‘Facility Security Level’ means 1
117		-	a security risk assessment level assigned to a Fed-2
118		-	eral facility by the security agency of the facility in 3
119		-	accordance with the biannually issued Interagency 4
120		-	Security Committee Standard. 5
121		-	‘‘(5) The term ‘civilian public access facility’ 6
122		-	means a facility open to the general public.’’. 7
123		-	Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2024.
124		-	Attest:
125		-	Clerk. 118
	58	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	59	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	60	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘LEOSA Reform Act of 4
	61	+	2024’’. 5
	62	+	SEC. 2. CONFORMING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 6
	63	+	SAFETY ACT AND THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL 7
	64	+	ZONES ACT OF 1990. 8
	65	+	Section 922(q)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 9
	66	+	is amended— 10
	67	+	(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (vi); 11
	68	+	(2) by striking the period at the end of clause 12
	69	+	(vii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 13
	70	+	(3) by adding at the end the following: 14
	71	+	‘‘(viii) by an individual authorized by section 15
	72	+	926B or 926C to carry a concealed firearm.’’. 16
	73	+	SEC. 3. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCE-17
	74	+	MENT OFFICER SAFETY ACT. 18
	75	+	(a) Each of sections 926B(a) and 926C(a) of title 18, 19
	76	+	United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or any other 20
	77	+	provision of Federal law, or any regulation prescribed by 21
	78	+	the Secretary of the Interior pertaining to a unit of the 22
	79	+	National Park System’’ after ‘‘thereof’’. 23
	80	+	(b) Each of sections 926B(b) and 926C(b) of such title 24
	81	+	are amended— 25
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	85	+	(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, except to 1
	86	+	the extent that the laws apply on property used by a 2
	87	+	common or contract carrier to transport people or 3
	88	+	property by land, rail, or water or on property open 4
	89	+	to the public (whether or not a fee is charged to enter 5
	90	+	the property)’’ before the semicolon; and 6
	91	+	(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, except to 7
	92	+	the extent that the laws apply on property used by a 8
	93	+	common or contract carrier to transport people or 9
	94	+	property by land, rail, or water or on property open 10
	95	+	to the public (whether or not a fee is charged to enter 11
	96	+	the property)’’ before the period. 12
	97	+	(c) Each of sections 926B(e)(2) and 926C(e)(1)(B) of 13
	98	+	such title is amended by inserting ‘‘any magazine and’’ 14
	99	+	after ‘‘includes’’. 15
	100	+	(d) Section 926C(c)(4) of such title is amended to read 16
	101	+	as follows: 17
	102	+	‘‘(4) has met the standards for qualification in 18
	103	+	firearms training during the most recent period of 12 19
	104	+	months (or, at the option of the State in which the 20
	105	+	individual resides, a greater number of months, not 21
	106	+	exceeding 36 months), and for purposes of this para-22
	107	+	graph, the term ‘standards for qualification in fire-23
	108	+	arms training’ means— 24
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	112	+	‘‘(A) the standards for active duty law en-1
	113	+	forcement officers as established by the former 2
	114	+	agency of the individual; 3
	115	+	‘‘(B) the standards for active duty law en-4
	116	+	forcement officers as established by the State in 5
	117	+	which the individual resides; 6
	118	+	‘‘(C) the standards for active duty law en-7
	119	+	forcement officers employed by any law enforce-8
	120	+	ment agency in the State in which the indi-9
	121	+	vidual resides; or 10
	122	+	‘‘(D) any standard for active duty law en-11
	123	+	forcement officers for firearms qualification con-12
	124	+	ducted by any certified firearms instructor with-13
	125	+	in the State in which the individual resides;’’. 14
	126	+	(e) Section 926C(d) of such title is amended— 15
	127	+	(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less re-16
	128	+	cently than one year before the date the individual is 17
	129	+	carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or other-18
	130	+	wise found by the agency to meet the active duty 19
	131	+	standards for qualification in firearms training as es-20
	132	+	tablished by the agency to carry’’ and inserting ‘‘met 21
	133	+	the standards for qualification in firearms training 22
	134	+	required by subsection (c)(4) for’’; and 23
	135	+	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 24
	136	+	(B) and inserting the following: 25
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	140	+	‘‘(B) a certification issued by the former agency 1
	141	+	of the individual, the State in which the individual 2
	142	+	resides, any law enforcement agency within the State 3
	143	+	in which the individual resides, or any certified fire-4
	144	+	arms instructor within the State in which the indi-5
	145	+	vidual resides that indicates that the individual has 6
	146	+	met the standards for qualification in firearms train-7
	147	+	ing required by subsection (c)(4).’’. 8
	148	+	SEC. 4. PERMITTING QUALIFIED CURRENT AND RETIRED 9
	149	+	LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY 10
	150	+	FIREARMS IN CERTAIN FEDERAL FACILITIES. 11
	151	+	Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-12
	152	+	ed— 13
	153	+	(1) in subsection (d)— 14
	154	+	(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 15
	155	+	the end; 16
	156	+	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period 17
	157	+	at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 18
	158	+	(C) by adding at the end the following: 19
	159	+	‘‘(4) the possession of a firearm or ammunition 20
	160	+	in a Facility Security Level I or II civilian public 21
	161	+	access facility by a qualified law enforcement officer 22
	162	+	(as defined in section 926B(c)) or a qualified retired 23
	163	+	law enforcement officer (as defined in section 24
	164	+	926C(c)).’’; and 25
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	168	+	(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 1
	169	+	following: 2
	170	+	‘‘(4) The term ‘Facility Security Level’ means a 3
	171	+	security risk assessment level assigned to a Federal fa-4
	172	+	cility by the security agency of the facility in accord-5
	173	+	ance with the biannually issued Interagency Security 6
	174	+	Committee Standard. 7
	175	+	‘‘(5) The term ‘civilian public access facility’ 8
	176	+	means a facility open to the general public.’’. 9
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	179	+	418
	180	+	118
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129	184		D
130	185		S
131	186		ESSION
132	187
133	188		H. R. 354
134		-	AN ACT
	189	+	[Report No. 118–502]
	190	+	A BILL
135	191		To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve
136	192		the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and
137	193		provisions relating to the carrying of concealed
138	194		weapons by law enforcement officers, and for
139	195		other purposes.
	196	+	M
	197	+	AY
	198	+	14, 2024
	199	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
	200	+	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
	201	+	and ordered to be printed
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