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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2255
To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH21, 2025
Mr. F
RYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired
service weapons, 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 ‘‘Federal Law Enforce-4
ment Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. PURCHASE OF RETIRED FIREARMS BY FEDERAL 6
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 8
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of Gen-9
eral Services shall establish a program under which a Fed-10
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eral law enforcement officer may purchase a retired fire-1
arm from the Federal agency that issued the firearm to 2
such officer. 3
(b) L
IMITATIONS.—A Federal law enforcement offi-4
cer may purchase a retired firearm under subsection (a) 5
if— 6
(1) the purchase is made during the six-month 7
period beginning on the date the firearm was so re-8
tired; and 9
(2) with respect to such purchase, the officer is 10
in good standing with the Federal agency that em-11
ploys or employed such officer. 12
(c) C
OST.—A firearm purchased under this section 13
shall be sold at the salvage value for such firearm taking 14
into account the age and condition of the firearm. 15
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section— 16
(1) the term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ 17
has the meaning given that term in section 18
115(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, and in-19
cludes a retired Federal law enforcement officer; 20
(2) the term ‘‘firearm’’ has the meaning given 21
that term in section 921(a) of title 18, United 22
States Code, excluding any machinegun (as defined 23
in section 921(a)(24) of such title) not lawfully pos-24
sessed before section 922(o) of such title took effect; 25
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(3) the term ‘‘retired firearm’’ means any fire-1
arm that has been declared surplus by the applicable 2
agency; and 3
(4) the term ‘‘salvage value’’ means the value of 4
an asset after it has become useless to the owner or 5
the amount expected to be obtained when a fixed 6
asset is disposed of at the end of its useful life. 7
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