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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1132 

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 

MAY 21, 2009 

Mr. LEAHY 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 Improvements Act of 2009’’. 


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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 the purposes of this section, a law enforce7 ment officer of the Amtrak Police Department or a law 

8 enforcement or police officer of the executive branch of 

9 the Federal Government qualifies as an employee of a gov10 ernmental agency who is authorized by law to engage in 

11 or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or 

12 prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any 

13 violation of law, and has statutory powers of arrest.’’. 

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

16 striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(e) As used in this section, the term ‘firearm’— 

18 ‘‘(1) except as provided in this subsection, has 

19 the same meaning as in section 921 of this title; 

20 ‘‘(2) includes ammunition not expressly prohib21 ited by Federal law or subject to the provisions of 

22 the National Firearms Act; and 

23 ‘‘(3) does not include— 

24 ‘‘(A) any machinegun (as defined in sec25 tion 5845 of the National Firearms Act); 


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1 ‘‘(B) any firearm silencer (as defined in 

2 section 921 of this title); and 

3 ‘‘(C) any destructive device (as defined in 

4 section 921 of this title).’’. 

5 (c) RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Sec6 tion 926C of title 18, United States Code is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (c)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘retired’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘separated from service’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘, other than for rea12 sons of mental instability’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘retire14 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘separation’’; 

15 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

17 ‘‘retirement, was regularly employed as a 

18 law enforcement officer for an aggregate of 

19 15 years or more’’ and inserting ‘‘separa20 tion, served as a law enforcement officer 

21 for an aggregate of 10 years or more’’; and 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

23 ‘‘retired’’ and inserting ‘‘separated’’; 

24 (D) by striking paragraph (4) and insert25 ing 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 determined by the 

5 former agency of the individual, the State in which 

6 the individual resides or, if the State has not estab7 lished such standards, a law enforcement agency 

8 within the State in which the individual resides;’’; 

9 and 

10 (E) by striking paragraph (5) and replac11 ing it with the following: 

12 ‘‘(5)(A) has not been officially found by a quali13 fied medical professional employed by the agency to 

14 be unqualified for reasons relating to mental health 

15 and as a result of this finding will not be issued the 

16 photographic identification as described in sub17 section (d)(1); or 

18 ‘‘(B) has not entered into an agreement with 

19 the agency from which the individual is separating 

20 from service in which that individual acknowledges 

21 he or she is not qualified under this section for rea22 sons relating to mental health and for those reasons 

23 will not receive or accept the photographic identifica24 tion as described in subsection (d)(1);’’; 

25 (2) in subsection (d)— 


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1 (A) paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘retired’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘separated’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘to meet the stand5 ards’’ and all that follows through ‘‘con6 cealed firearm’’ and inserting ‘‘to meet the 

7 active duty standards for qualification in 

8 firearms training as established by the 

9 agency to carry a firearm of the same type 

10 as the concealed firearm’’; 

11 (B) paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

13 ‘‘retired’’ and inserting ‘‘separated’’; and 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘that indicates’’ and all that follows 

16 through the period and inserting ‘‘or by a 

17 certified firearms instructor that is quali18 fied to conduct a firearms qualification test 

19 for active duty officers within that State 

20 that indicates that the individual has, not 

21 less than 1 year before the date the indi22 vidual is carrying the concealed firearm, 

23 been tested or otherwise found by the 

24 State or a certified firearms instructor that 

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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 

5 established by the State, to carry a 

6 firearm of the same type as the con7 cealed firearm; or 

8 ‘‘(II) if the State has not estab9 lished such standards, standards set 

10 by any law enforcement agency within 

11 that State to carry a firearm of the 

12 same type as the concealed firearm.’’; 

13 and 

14 (3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(e) As used in this section— 

17 ‘‘(1) the term ‘firearm’— 

18 ‘‘(A) except as provided in this paragraph, 

19 has the same meaning as in section 921 of this 

20 title; 

21 ‘‘(B) includes ammunition not expressly 

22 prohibited by Federal law or subject to the pro23 visions of the National Firearms Act; and 

24 ‘‘(C) does not include— 


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1 ‘‘(i) any machinegun (as defined in 

2 section 5845 of the National Firearms 

3 Act); 

4 ‘‘(ii) any firearm silencer (as defined 

5 in section 921 of this title); and 

6 ‘‘(iii) any destructive device (as de7 fined in section 921 of this title); and 

8 ‘‘(2) the term ‘service with a public agency as 

9 a law enforcement officer’ includes service as a law 

10 enforcement officer of the Amtrak Police Depart11 ment, or as a law enforcement or police officer of 

12 the executive branch of the Federal Government.’’. 

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