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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 376 

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, and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement Offi5 cers Safety Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 

2 SAFETY PROVISIONS OF TITLE 18. 

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

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

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

7 officer of the Amtrak Police Department or a law enforce8 ment or police officer of the executive branch of the Fed9 eral Government qualifies as an employee of a govern10 mental agency who is authorized by law to engage in or 

11 supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or pros12 ecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any vio13 lation of law, and has statutory powers of arrest.’’. 

14 (b) RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Sec15 tion 926C of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (c)— 

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

18 regularly employed as a law enforcement officer 

19 for an aggregate of 15 years or more’’ and in20 serting ‘‘served as a law enforcement officer for 

21 an aggregate of 10 years or more’’; 

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

23 inserting the following: 

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

25 has met, at the expense of the individual, the stand26 ards for qualification in firearms training for active 


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1 law enforcement officers as set by the officer’s 

2 former agency, the State in which the officer resides 

3 or a law enforcement agency within the State in 

4 which the officer resides;’’; and 

5 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

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

7 (2) in subsection (d)— 

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

9 the standards established by the agency for 

10 training and qualification for active law enforce11 ment officers to carry a firearm of the same 

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

13 ‘‘to meet the active duty standards for quali14 fication in firearms training as established by 

15 the agency to carry a firearm of the same type 

16 as the concealed firearm or’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘oth18 erwise found by the State to meet the standards 

19 established by the State for training and quali20 fication for active law enforcement officers to 

21 carry a firearm of the same type as the con22 cealed firearm.’’ and inserting ‘‘otherwise found 

23 by the State or a certified firearms instructor 

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1 tion test for active duty officers within that 

2 State to have met— 

3 ‘‘(i) the active duty standards for 

4 qualification in firearms training as estab5 lished by the State to carry a firearm of 

6 the same type as the concealed firearm; or 

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

8 such standards, standards set by any law 

9 enforcement agency within that State to 

10 carry a firearm of the same type as the 

11 concealed firearm.’’; and 

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

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

14 agency as a law enforcement officer’ includes service as 

15 a law enforcement officer of the Amtrak Police Depart16 ment or as a law enforcement or police officer of the exec17 utive branch of the Federal Government.’’. 

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