may carry a concealed firearm that has been 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 law
enforcement officer’ means an employee of a governmental
agency who—
‘‘(1) is authorized by law to engage in or super-
vise the prevention, detection, investigation, or pros-
ecution of, or the incarceration of any person for,
any violation of law, and has statutory powers of ar-
rest;
‘‘(2) is authorized by the agency to carry a fire-
arm;
‘‘(3) is not the subject of any disciplinary action
by the agency; and
‘‘(4) meets standards, if any, established by the
agency which require the employee to regularly qual-
ify in the use of a firearm.
‘‘(d) The identification required by this subsection is
the official badge and photographic identification issued
by the governmental agency for which the individual is em-
ployed as a law enforcement officer.’’.
(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 law enforcement officers.’’.
SEC. 313. EXEMPTION OF QUALIFIED RETIRED LAW EN-
FORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM STATE LAWS
PROHIBITING 
THE 
CARRYING 
OF 
CON-
CEALED FIREARMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United
States Code, is further amended by inserting after section
926B the following:
‘‘§ 926C. Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified
retired law enforcement officers
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law
of any State or any political subdivision thereof, an indi-
vidual who is a qualified retired law enforcement officer
and who is carrying the identification required by sub-
section (d) may carry a concealed firearm that has been
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 5 years or more; or
‘‘(B) retired from service with such agency,
after completing any applicable probationary period
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
or, if the agency requires active duty officers to do
so with lesser frequency than every 12 months, dur-
ing such most recent period as the agency requires
with respect to active duty officers, has completed,
at the expense of the individual, a program approved
by the State for training or qualification in the use
of firearms; and
‘‘(6) is not prohibited by Federal law from re-
ceiving a firearm.
‘‘(d) The identification required by this subsection is
photographic identification issued by the State in which
the agency for which the individual was employed as a law
enforcement officer is located.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for such chapter is further amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 926B the following:
‘‘926C. Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement offi-
cers.’’.
TITLE IV—SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
SEC. 401. SCHOOL COUNSELING DEMONSTRATION.
(a) COUNSELING DEMONSTRATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award
grants or enter into contracts under this section to
establish or expand elementary and secondary school
counseling programs.
(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this
section, the Secretary shall give special consideration
to applications describing programs that—
(A) demonstrate the greatest need for new
or additional counseling services among the
children in the schools served by the applicant;
(B) propose the most promising and inno-
vative approaches for initiating or expanding
school psychological counseling; and
(C) show the greatest potential for replica-
tion and dissemination.
(3) EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding
grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure
an equitable geographic distribution among the re-
gions of the United States and among urban, subur-
ban, and rural areas.
(4) DURATION.—A grant under this section
shall be awarded for a period not to exceed three
years.
(5) MAXIMUM GRANT.—A grant under this sec-
tion shall not exceed $400,000 for any fiscal year.
(b) APPLICATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agen-
cy desiring a grant under this section shall submit
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information as
the Secretary may reasonably require.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each application for a grant
under this section shall—
(A) describe the school population to be
targeted by the program, the particular per-
sonal, social, emotional, and behavioral needs of
such population, and the current school psycho-
logical counseling resources available for meet-
ing such needs;
(B) describe the activities, services, and
training to be provided by the program and the
specific approaches to be used to meet the
needs described in subparagraph (A);