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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3420 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve safety and security 

for service weapons used by Federal law enforcement officers, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 21, 2019 

Mr. DESAULNIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 

Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve safety 

and security for service weapons used by Federal 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 ‘‘Federal Law Enforce5 ment and Public Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVING SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR SERVICE 

2 WEAPONS USED BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE3 MENT OFFICERS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 203 of title 18, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘§ 3064. Safety and security of service weapons used 

8 by Federal law enforcement officers 

9 ‘‘(a) The head of each civilian or military Federal law 

10 enforcement agency shall prescribe requirements for the 

11 safe locking and storage of service firearms when they are 

12 not in use, to be followed by each Federal law enforcement 

13 officer in that agency and each person who assists that 

14 agency in its law enforcement functions, who carries a fire15 arm as a service weapon. The agency shall, subject to the 

16 availability of appropriations, provide the appropriate 

17 equipment needed to comply with those requirements to 

18 each person to whom that agency’s requirements pre19 scribed under this subsection apply. 

20 ‘‘(b) In prescribing the requirements under sub21 section (a) the head of each agency shall adopt the fol22 lowing minimum standards for safe storage and locking: 

23 ‘‘(1) Officers are responsible for the safe stor24 age of their service firearm when not in their per25 sonal possession by using smart guns and smart 


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1 locks, trigger locks, safes, gunlock boxes, or other 

2 means approved by the agency. 

3 ‘‘(2) Service firearms shall not be stored in pa4 trol or personally owned vehicles except for tem5 porary storage when at court, when other options for 

6 safekeeping are not available, or if authorized by the 

7 agency. 

8 ‘‘(3) Any violation of the requirements con9 stitutes grounds for discipline, for which the agency 

10 shall consider imposing minimum punishment stand11 ards. 

12 ‘‘(c) The head of each Federal civilian or military law 

13 enforcement agency shall report any loss or theft of a serv14 ice firearm from that agency, any law enforcement officer 

15 in that agency, or any person assisting such an officer— 

16 ‘‘(1) to relevant State and local law enforce17 ment agencies; and 

18 ‘‘(2) to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and 

19 Firearms and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

20 in order to facilitate the central availability of infor21 mation about the prevalence of such loss or theft. 

22 ‘‘(d) The head of each civilian or military Federal law 

23 enforcement agency shall take appropriate action to en24 sure that any person who assists that agency in its law 


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1 enforcement functions and carries a firearm in the course 

2 of doing so is trained in safe storage and locking practices. 

3 ‘‘(e) The head of each civilian and military Federal 

4 law enforcement agency shall provide written materials to 

5 each Federal law enforcement officer in that agency, and 

6 each person who assists that agency in its law enforcement 

7 functions, who carries a firearm as a service weapon, 

8 about the statistical risks of keeping a firearm at home, 

9 especially if it is easily accessible. 

10 ‘‘(f) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

11 out this section, including the provision of equipment 

12 under subsection (a), such sums as may be necessary.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 at the beginning of chapter 203 of title 18, United States 

15 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

16 item: 

‘‘3064. Safety and security of service weapons used by Federal law enforcement 

officers.’’. 

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