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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1210 

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 23, 2021 

Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. STAUBER, and Mr. 

CUELLAR) 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 section 

11 926B or 926C to carry a concealed firearm.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCE13 MENT OFFICER SAFETY ACT. 

14 (a) Each of sections 926B(a) and 926C(a) of title 

15 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or any 

16 other provision of Federal law, or any regulation pre17 scribed by the Secretary of the Interior pertaining to a 

18 unit of the National Park System’’ after ‘‘thereof’’. 

19 (b) Each of sections 926B(b) and 926C(b) of such 

20 title are amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, except to 

22 the extent that the laws apply on property used by 

23 a common or contract carrier to transport people or 

24 property by land, rail, or water or on property open 

25 to the public (whether or not a fee is charged to 

26 enter the property)’’ before the semicolon; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, except to 

2 the extent that the laws apply on property used by 

3 a common or contract carrier to transport people or 

4 property by land, rail, or water or on property open 

5 to the public (whether or not a fee is charged to 

6 enter the property)’’ before the period. 

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

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

9 after ‘‘includes’’. 

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

11 read as follows: 

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

13 firearms training during the most recent period of 

14 12 months (or, at the option of the State in which 

15 the individual resides, a greater number of months, 

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

17 paragraph, the term ‘standards for qualification in 

18 firearms training’ means— 

19 ‘‘(A) the standards for active duty law en20 forcement officers as established by the former 

21 agency of the individual; 

22 ‘‘(B) the standards for active duty law en23 forcement officers as established by the State in 

24 which the individual resides; 


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1 ‘‘(C) the standards for active duty law en2 forcement officers employed by any law enforce3 ment agency in the State in which the indi4 vidual resides; or 

5 ‘‘(D) any standard for active duty law en6 forcement officers for firearms qualification 

7 conducted by any certified firearms instructor 

8 within the State in which the individual re9 sides;’’. 

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

11 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less re12 cently than one year before the date the individual 

13 is carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or oth14 erwise found by the agency to meet the active duty 

15 standards for qualification in firearms training as 

16 established by the agency to carry’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘met the standards for qualification in firearms 

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

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

20 (B) and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(B) a certification issued by the former agency 

22 of the individual, the State in which the individual 

23 resides, any law enforcement agency within the State 

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1 vidual resides that indicates that the individual has 

2 met the standards for qualification in firearms train3 ing required by subsection (c)(4).’’. 

4 SEC. 4. PERMITTING QUALIFIED CURRENT AND RETIRED 

5 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY 

6 FIREARMS IN CERTAIN FEDERAL FACILITIES. 

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

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (d)— 

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

11 the end; 

12 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe13 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

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

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

16 in a Facility Security Level I or II civilian public ac17 cess facility by a qualified law enforcement officer 

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

19 law enforcement officer (as defined in section 

20 926C(c)).’’; and 

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

22 following: 

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

24 a security risk assessment level assigned to a Fed25 eral facility by the security agency of the facility in 


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1 accordance with the biannually issued Interagency 

2 Security Committee Standard. 

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

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

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