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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2243
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH21, 2025
Mr. B
ACON(for himself, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. AMODEIof Nevada,
Mr. W
ILLIAMSof Texas, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr.
F
LEISCHMANN, Mr. GUEST, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, and Mr. FALLON)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the
Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions re-
lating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law en-
forcement officers, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘LEOSA Reform Act 4
of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. CONFORMING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 1
SAFETY ACT AND THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL 2
ZONES ACT OF 1990. 3
Section 922(q)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 4
is amended— 5
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (vi); 6
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause 7
(vii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 8
(3) by adding at the end the following: 9
‘‘(viii) by an individual authorized by section 10
926B or 926C to carry a concealed firearm.’’. 11
SEC. 3. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCE-12
MENT OFFICER SAFETY ACT. 13
(a) Each of sections 926B(a) and 926C(a) of title 14
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or any 15
other provision of Federal law, or any regulation pre-16
scribed by the Secretary of the Interior pertaining to a 17
unit of the National Park System’’ after ‘‘thereof’’. 18
(b) Each of sections 926B(b) and 926C(b) of such 19
title are amended— 20
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, except to 21
the extent that the laws apply on property used by 22
a common or contract carrier to transport people or 23
property by land, rail, or water or on property open 24
to the public (whether or not a fee is charged to 25
enter the property)’’ before the semicolon; and 26
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(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, except to 1
the extent that the laws apply on property used by 2
a common or contract carrier to transport people or 3
property by land, rail, or water or on property open 4
to the public (whether or not a fee is charged to 5
enter the property)’’ before the period. 6
(c) Each of sections 926B(e)(2) and 926C(e)(1)(B) 7
of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘any magazine and’’ 8
after ‘‘includes’’. 9
(d) Section 926C(c)(4) of such title is amended to 10
read as follows: 11
‘‘(4) has met the standards for qualification in 12
firearms training during the most recent period of 13
12 months (or, at the option of the State in which 14
the individual resides, a greater number of months, 15
not exceeding 36 months), and for purposes of this 16
paragraph, the term ‘standards for qualification in 17
firearms training’ means— 18
‘‘(A) the standards for active duty law en-19
forcement officers as established by the former 20
agency of the individual; 21
‘‘(B) the standards for active duty law en-22
forcement officers as established by the State in 23
which the individual resides; 24
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‘‘(C) the standards for active duty law en-1
forcement officers employed by any law enforce-2
ment agency in the State in which the indi-3
vidual resides; or 4
‘‘(D) any standard for active duty law en-5
forcement officers for firearms qualification 6
conducted by any certified firearms instructor 7
within the State in which the individual re-8
sides;’’. 9
(e) Section 926C(d) of such title is amended— 10
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less re-11
cently than one year before the date the individual 12
is carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or oth-13
erwise found by the agency to meet the active duty 14
standards for qualification in firearms training as 15
established by the agency to carry’’ and inserting 16
‘‘met the standards for qualification in firearms 17
training required by subsection (c)(4) for’’; and 18
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 19
(B) and inserting the following: 20
‘‘(B) a certification issued by the former agency 21
of the individual, the State in which the individual 22
resides, any law enforcement agency within the State 23
in which the individual resides, or any certified fire-24
arms instructor within the State in which the indi-25
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vidual resides that indicates that the individual has 1
met the standards for qualification in firearms train-2
ing required by subsection (c)(4).’’. 3
SEC. 4. PERMITTING QUALIFIED CURRENT AND RETIRED 4
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY 5
FIREARMS IN CERTAIN FEDERAL FACILITIES. 6
Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is 7
amended— 8
(1) in subsection (d)— 9
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 10
the end; 11
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-12
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 13
(C) by adding at the end the following: 14
‘‘(4) the possession of a firearm or ammunition 15
in a Facility Security Level I or II civilian public ac-16
cess facility by a qualified law enforcement officer 17
(as defined in section 926B(c)) or a qualified retired 18
law enforcement officer (as defined in section 19
926C(c)).’’; and 20
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 21
following: 22
‘‘(4) The term ‘Facility Security Level’ means 23
a security risk assessment level assigned to a Fed-24
eral facility by the security agency of the facility in 25
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accordance with the biannually issued Interagency 1
Security Committee Standard. 2
‘‘(5) The term ‘civilian public access facility’ 3
means a facility open to the general public.’’. 4
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