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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1156 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement 
Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed 
weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2019 
Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. STAUBER, and Mr. RUTHERFORD) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the 
Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions re-
lating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law en-
forcement officers, 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 ‘‘LEOSA Reform Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONFORMING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
SAFETY ACT AND THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL 
ZONES ACT OF 1990. 
Section 922(q)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (vi); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause 
(vii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(viii) by an individual authorized by 
section 926B or 926C to carry a concealed 
firearm.’’. 
SEC. 3. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCE-
MENT OFFICER SAFETY ACT. 
(a) Each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of sections 
926B(b) and 926C(b) of title 18, United States Code, are 
amended by inserting ‘‘, except to the extent that the laws 
apply on property used by a common or contract carrier 
to transport people or property by land, rail, or water or 
on property open to the public (whether or not a fee is 
charged to enter the property)’’ before the semicolon. 
(b) Each of sections 926B(a) and 926C(a) of such 
title is amended by inserting ‘‘or any other provision of 
Federal law, or any regulation prescribed by the Secretary 
of the Interior pertaining to a unit of the National Park 
System’’ after ‘‘thereof’’. 
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(c) Each of sections 926B(e)(2) and 926C(e)(1)(B) 
of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘any magazine and’’ 
after ‘‘includes’’. 
(d) Section 926C(c)(4) of such title is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(4) has met the standards for qualification in 
firearms training during the most recent period of 
12 months (or, at the option of the State in which 
the individual resides, a greater number of months, 
not exceeding 36 months), and for purposes of this 
paragraph, the term ‘standards for qualification in 
firearms training’ means— 
‘‘(A) the standards for active duty law en-
forcement officers as established by the former 
agency of the individual; 
‘‘(B) the standards for active duty law en-
forcement officers as established by the State in 
which the individual resides; 
‘‘(C) the standards for active duty law en-
forcement officers employed by any law enforce-
ment agency in the State in which the indi-
vidual resides; or 
‘‘(D) any standard for active duty law en-
forcement officers for firearms qualification 
conducted by any certified firearms instructor 
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within the State in which the individual re-
sides;’’. 
(e) Section 926C(d) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less re-
cently than one year before the date the individual 
is carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or oth-
erwise found by the agency to meet the active duty 
standards for qualification in firearms training as 
established by the agency to carry’’ and inserting 
‘‘met the standards for qualification in firearms 
training required by subsection (c)(4) for’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 
(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) a certification issued by the former 
agency of the individual, the State in which the 
individual resides, any law enforcement agency 
within the State in which the individual resides, 
or any certified firearms instructor within the 
State in which the individual resides that indi-
cates that the individual has met the standards 
for qualification in firearms training required 
by subsection (c)(4).’’. 
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SEC. 4. PERMITTING QUALIFIED CURRENT AND RETIRED 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY 
FIREARMS IN CERTAIN FEDERAL FACILITIES. 
Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) the possession of a firearm or ammunition 
in a Facility Security Level I or II civilian public ac-
cess facility by a qualified law enforcement officer 
(as defined in section 926B(c)) or a qualified retired 
law enforcement officer (as defined in section 
926C(c)).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘Facility Security Level’ means 
a security risk assessment level assigned to a Fed-
eral facility by the security agency of the facility in 
accordance with the biannually issued Interagency 
Security Committee Standard. 
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‘‘(5) The term ‘civilian public access facility’ 
means a facility open to the general public.’’. 
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