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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1307 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforce- |
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| 6 | 6 | | ment officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in school |
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| 7 | 7 | | zones. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL4, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | HEEHY(for himself and Mr. JUSTICE) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and re- |
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| 15 | 15 | | tired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms |
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| 16 | 16 | | to protect children in school zones. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Officers Pro-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tecting Children Act’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 1307 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. CERTAIN QUALIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | CERS AND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | FICERS ALLOWED TO CARRY A CONCEALED 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | FIREARM, AND DISCHARGE A FIREARM, IN A 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SCHOOL ZONE. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended— 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in paragraph (2)(B)— 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | inserting a semicolon; and 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (ix) and inserting after clause (vi) the following: 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(vii) by a qualified law enforcement offi-13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | cer, as defined in section 926B, who is author-14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ized under that section to carry a concealed 15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | firearm, if the firearm is concealed; 16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(viii) by a qualified retired law enforce-17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ment officer, as defined in section 926C, who is 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | authorized under that section to carry a con-19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | cealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed; or’’; 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) in paragraph (3)(B)— 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 23 |
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| 48 | 48 | | inserting a semicolon; 24 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (B) in clause (iv), by striking the period 25 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and inserting a semicolon; and 26 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(v) by a qualified law enforcement officer, 2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | as defined in section 926B, who is authorized 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | under that section to carry a concealed firearm; 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | or 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(vi) by a qualified retired law enforcement 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | officer, as defined in section 926C, who is au-7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | thorized under that section to carry a concealed 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | firearm.’’. 9 |
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