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shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, 
subject to subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) This section shall not be construed to supersede 
or limit the laws of any State that— 
‘‘(1) permit private persons or entities to pro-
hibit or restrict the possession of concealed firearms 
on their property; or 
‘‘(2) prohibit or restrict the possession of fire-
arms on any State or local government property, in-
stallation, building, base, or park. 
‘‘(c) As used in this section, the term ‘qualified re-
tired law enforcement officer’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(1) retired in good standing from service with 
a public agency as a law enforcement officer, other 
than for reasons of mental instability; 
‘‘(2) before such retirement, was authorized by 
law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detec-
tion, investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarcer-
ation of any person for, any violation of law, and 
had statutory powers of arrest; 
‘‘(3)(A) before such retirement, was regularly 
employed as a law enforcement officer for an aggre-
gate of 15 years or more; or 
‘‘(B) retired from service with such agency, 
after completing any applicable probationary period
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of such service, due to a service-connected disability, 
as determined by such agency; 
‘‘(4) has a nonforfeitable right to benefits under 
the retirement plan of the agency; 
‘‘(5) during the most recent 12-month period, 
has met, at the expense of the individual, the State’s 
standards for training and qualification for active 
law enforcement officers to carry firearms; 
‘‘(6) is not under the influence of alcohol or an-
other intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or sub-
stance; and 
‘‘(7) is not prohibited by Federal law from re-
ceiving a firearm. 
‘‘(d) The identification required by this subsection 
is— 
‘‘(1) a photographic identification issued by the 
agency from which the individual retired from serv-
ice as a law enforcement officer that indicates that 
the individual has, not less recently than one year 
before the date the individual is carrying the con-
cealed firearm, been tested or otherwise found by the 
agency to meet the standards established by the 
agency for training and qualification for active law 
enforcement officers to carry a firearm of the same 
type as the concealed firearm; or
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‘‘(2)(A) a photographic identification issued by 
the agency from which the individual retired from 
service as a law enforcement officer; and 
‘‘(B) a certification issued by the State in which 
the individual resides that indicates that the indi-
vidual has, not less recently than one year before the 
date the individual is carrying the concealed firearm, 
been tested or otherwise found by the State to meet 
the standards established by the State for training 
and qualification for active law enforcement officers 
to carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed 
firearm. 
‘‘(e) As used in this section, the term ‘firearm’ does 
not include— 
‘‘(1) any machinegun (as defined in section 
5845 of the National Firearms Act); 
‘‘(2) any firearm silencer (as defined in section 
921 of this title); and 
‘‘(3) a destructive device (as defined in section 
921 of this title).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is further amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 926B the following:
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‘‘926C. Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement offi-
cers.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 599 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 218 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt 
qualified current and former law enforcement of-
ficers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of 
concealed handguns. 
JUNE 25, 2004 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar