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Calendar No. 341 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 376 

[Report No. 110–150] 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the provisions relating 

to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24, 2007 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. KYL, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. DOMENICI, and Mr. 

SMITH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment 

A BILL 

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

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, 

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement Offi3 cers Safety Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 

5 SAFETY PROVISIONS OF TITLE 18. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 926B of title 18, United 

7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(f) For purposes of this section, a law enforcement 

10 officer of the Amtrak Police Department or a law enforce11 ment or police officer of the executive branch of the Fed12 eral Government qualifies as an employee of a govern13 mental agency who is authorized by law to engage in or 

14 supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or pros15 ecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any vio16 lation of law, and has statutory powers of arrest.’’. 

17 (b) RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Sec18 tion 926C of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (c)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘was 

21 regularly employed as a law enforcement officer 

22 for an aggregate of 15 years or more’’ and in23 serting ‘‘served as a law enforcement officer for 

24 an aggregate of 10 years or more’’; 

25 (B) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and 

26 inserting the following: 

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1 ‘‘(4) during the most recent 12-month period, 

2 has met, at the expense of the individual, the stand3 ards for qualification in firearms training for active 

4 law enforcement officers as set by the officer’s 

5 former agency, the State in which the officer resides 

6 or a law enforcement agency within the State in 

7 which the officer resides;’’; and 

8 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

9 (7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; 

10 (2) in subsection (d)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to meet 

12 the standards established by the agency for 

13 training and qualification for active law enforce14 ment officers to carry a firearm of the same 

15 type as the concealed firearm; or’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘to meet the active duty standards for quali17 fication in firearms training as established by 

18 the agency to carry a firearm of the same type 

19 as the concealed firearm or’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘oth21 erwise found by the State to meet the standards 

22 established by the State for training and quali23 fication for active law enforcement officers to 

24 carry a firearm of the same type as the con25 cealed firearm.’’ and inserting ‘‘otherwise found 

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1 by the State or a certified firearms instructor 

2 that is qualified to conduct a firearms qualifica3 tion test for active duty officers within that 

4 State to have met— 

5 ‘‘(i) the active duty standards for 

6 qualification in firearms training as estab7 lished by the State to carry a firearm of 

8 the same type as the concealed firearm; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) if the State has not established 

10 such standards, standards set by any law 

11 enforcement agency within that State to 

12 carry a firearm of the same type as the 

13 concealed firearm.’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘(f) In this section, the term ‘service with a public 

16 agency as a law enforcement officer’ includes service as 

17 a law enforcement officer of the Amtrak Police Depart18 ment or as a law enforcement or police officer of the exec19 utive branch of the Federal Government.’’. 

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Calendar No. 341 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 376 

[Report No. 110

–150] 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve 

for other purposes. cealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and the provisions relating to the carrying of conSEPTEMBER 5, 2007 

Reported without amendment 

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