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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1156 

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 

FEBRUARY 13, 2019 

Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. STAUBER, and Mr. RUTHERFORD) 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 relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘LEOSA Reform Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONFORMING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 

2 SAFETY ACT AND THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL 

3 ZONES ACT OF 1990. 

4 Section 922(q)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 

5 is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (vi); 

7 (2) by striking the period at the end of clause 

8 (vii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(viii) by an individual authorized by 

11 section 926B or 926C to carry a concealed 

12 firearm.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCE14 MENT OFFICER SAFETY ACT. 

15 (a) Each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of sections 

16 926B(b) and 926C(b) of title 18, United States Code, are 

17 amended by inserting ‘‘, except to the extent that the laws 

18 apply on property used by a common or contract carrier 

19 to transport people or property by land, rail, or water or 

20 on property open to the public (whether or not a fee is 

21 charged to enter the property)’’ before the semicolon. 

22 (b) Each of sections 926B(a) and 926C(a) of such 

23 title is amended by inserting ‘‘or any other provision of 

24 Federal law, or any regulation prescribed by the Secretary 

25 of the Interior pertaining to a unit of the National Park 

26 System’’ after ‘‘thereof’’. 


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1 (c) Each of sections 926B(e)(2) and 926C(e)(1)(B) 

2 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘any magazine and’’ 

3 after ‘‘includes’’. 

4 (d) Section 926C(c)(4) of such title is amended to 

5 read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(4) has met the standards for qualification in 

7 firearms training during the most recent period of 

8 12 months (or, at the option of the State in which 

9 the individual resides, a greater number of months, 

10 not exceeding 36 months), and for purposes of this 

11 paragraph, the term ‘standards for qualification in 

12 firearms training’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) the standards for active duty law en14 forcement officers as established by the former 

15 agency of the individual; 

16 ‘‘(B) the standards for active duty law en17 forcement officers as established by the State in 

18 which the individual resides; 

19 ‘‘(C) the standards for active duty law en20 forcement officers employed by any law enforce21 ment agency in the State in which the indi22 vidual resides; or 

23 ‘‘(D) any standard for active duty law en24 forcement officers for firearms qualification 

25 conducted by any certified firearms instructor 


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1 within the State in which the individual re2 sides;’’. 

3 (e) Section 926C(d) of such title is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less re5 cently than one year before the date the individual 

6 is carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or oth7 erwise found by the agency to meet the active duty 

8 standards for qualification in firearms training as 

9 established by the agency to carry’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘met the standards for qualification in firearms 

11 training required by subsection (c)(4) for’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 

13 (B) and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(B) a certification issued by the former 

15 agency of the individual, the State in which the 

16 individual resides, any law enforcement agency 

17 within the State in which the individual resides, 

18 or any certified firearms instructor within the 

19 State in which the individual resides that indi20 cates that the individual has met the standards 

21 for qualification in firearms training required 

22 by subsection (c)(4).’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. PERMITTING QUALIFIED CURRENT AND RETIRED 

2 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY 

3 FIREARMS IN CERTAIN FEDERAL FACILITIES. 

4 Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (d)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

8 the end; 

9 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe10 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(4) the possession of a firearm or ammunition 

13 in a Facility Security Level I or II civilian public ac14 cess facility by a qualified law enforcement officer 

15 (as defined in section 926B(c)) or a qualified retired 

16 law enforcement officer (as defined in section 

17 926C(c)).’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(4) The term ‘Facility Security Level’ means 

21 a security risk assessment level assigned to a Fed22 eral facility by the security agency of the facility in 

23 accordance with the biannually issued Interagency 

24 Security Committee Standard. 


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1 ‘‘(5) The term ‘civilian public access facility’ 

2 means a facility open to the general public.’’. 

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