I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7804 
To allow qualified current or former law enforcement officers to purchase 
their service weapons, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2022 
Mr. MOOLENAAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To allow qualified current or former law enforcement officers 
to purchase their service weapons, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement Offi-
cer Safety and Security Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. PURCHASE OF SERVICE WEAPONS BY QUALIFIED 
CURRENT OR FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), an agency shall offer for sale at fair market value 
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a single, functional firearm, which would otherwise be de-
stroyed, to an individual— 
(1) who is— 
(A) a law enforcement officer employed by 
and in good standing with such agency; or 
(B) a former law enforcement officer sepa-
rated from the employ of such agency for rea-
sons other than misconduct, neglect of duty, or 
malfeasance; and 
(2) to whom such agency most recently issued 
such firearm. 
(b) BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An agency may not sell a 
firearm to an individual under subsection (a) of this 
section until the national instant criminal back-
ground check system established under section 103 
of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 
U.S.C. 40901) has notified the agency that receipt 
of a firearm by the individual would not violate sub-
section (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, or State law, unless paragraph (1) of 
section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, would 
not apply to the transfer by reason of paragraph (3) 
of such section 922(t) if the agency were a licensee. 
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(2) COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN
A
FEDERAL 
AGENCY AND NICS.—For the purpose of the sale of 
a firearm under subsection (a) of this section, an 
agency may contact the national instant criminal 
background check system in the same manner as a 
licensee is authorized to contact the system under 
section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Preven-
tion Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), for information on 
whether receipt of a firearm by a prospective buyer 
would violate section 922 of title 18, United States 
Code, or State law, and the system may respond to 
such contact as if the agency were a licensee. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) FIREARM.—The term ‘‘firearm’’ means a 
pistol or revolver. 
(3) GOOD STANDING.—The term ‘‘good stand-
ing’’ means, with respect to an individual who is a 
law enforcement officer, that the individual— 
(A) is not currently the subject of any dis-
ciplinary action by the employing agency of 
such individual, which could result in perma-
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