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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1805
To amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified current or
former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying
of concealed firearms.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 8, 1995
Mr. LIGHTFOOT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified
current or former law enforcement officers from State
laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed firearms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF QUALIFIED CURRENT OR
FORMER 
LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS
FROM STATE LAWS PROHIBITING THE CAR-
RYING OF CONCEALED FIREARMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 926A
the following:
‘‘§ 926B. Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified
current or former law enforcement offi-
cers
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law
of any State or any political subdivision thereof, an indi-
vidual who is a qualified law enforcement officer or a
qualified retired law enforcement officer and who is carry-
ing the identification required by subsection (d) may carry
a concealed firearm subject to subsection (b).
‘‘(b) A State or political subdivision thereof may re-
quire an individual referred to in subsection (a) to provide
appropriate authorities with prior notice of the intent of
the individual to carry a concealed firearm in the State
or political subdivision, except that any such requirement
shall not apply to such an individual who is passing
through the State or political subdivision without undue
delay en route to another State or political subdivision.
‘‘(c) As used in this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘qualified law enforcement offi-
cer’ means a full-time employee of a governmental
agency who—
‘‘(A) is authorized by law to engage in or
supervise the prevention, detection, investiga-
tion, or prosecution of any violation of law;
‘‘(B) is authorized by the agency to carry
a firearm at all times;
‘‘(C) is not the subject of any disciplinary
action by the agency; and
‘‘(D) meets standards established by the
agency which require the employee to regularly
qualify in the use of a firearm.
‘‘(2) The term ‘qualified retired law enforce-
ment officer’ means an individual who—
‘‘(A) is retired from service with a govern-
mental agency as a law enforcement officer,
other than for reasons of mental disability; and
‘‘(B) immediately before such retirement,
was a qualified law enforcement officer;
‘‘(C) has a nonforfeitable right to benefits
under the retirement plan of the agency;
‘‘(D) meets such requirements as have
been established by the State in which the indi-
vidual resides with respect to training in the
use of firearms; and
‘‘(E) is not prohibited by Federal law from
receiving a firearm.
‘‘(d) The identification required by this subsection
is—
‘‘(1) in the case of an individual who is a quali-
fied law enforcement officer, the official badge and
photographic identification issued by the govern-
mental agency for which the individual is employed
as a law enforcement officer; or
‘‘(2) in the case of an individual who is a quali-
fied retired law enforcement officer, such photo-
graphic identification and other identification media
as the governmental agency from which the individ-
ual is retired may issue to retired law enforcement
officers.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 926A the following:
‘‘926B. Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified current or former law en-
forcement officers.’’.
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