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Union Calendar No. 519 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 613 
[Report No. 115–674] 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that the Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons ensure that each chief executive officer of a 
Federal penal or correctional institution provides a secure storage area 
located outside of the secure perimeter of the Federal penal or correc-
tional institution for firearms carried by certain employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2017 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. MARINO, Mr. NOLAN, and Mr. EMMER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
MAY 15, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. BARLETTA, 
Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. LONG, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. MAST, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. COOK, 
Mr. ROSS, Mr. COLE, Mr. WALZ, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. 
BARR, Mr. FASO, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, 
Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BRAT, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. POE of 
Texas, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. KIND, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. DUNN, Mr. WIL-
LIAMS, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. VELA, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 
ROTHFUS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. MACARTHUR, Ms. 
LOFGREN, and Mr. HUDSON 
MAY 15, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that 
the Director of the Bureau of Prisons ensure that each 
chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional 
institution provides a secure storage area located outside 
of the secure perimeter of the Federal penal or correc-
tional institution for firearms carried by certain employ-
ees of the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Lieutenant Osvaldo 
Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 
2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108–277; 118 Stat. 865) gives 
certain law enforcement officers, including certain 
correctional officers of the Bureau of Prisons, the 
right to carry a concealed firearm in all 50 States 
for self-protection; 
(2) the purpose of that Act is to allow certain 
law enforcement officers to protect themselves while 
off duty; 
(3) correctional officers of the Bureau of Pris-
ons have been the targets of assaults and murders 
while off duty; and 
(4) while that Act allows certain law enforce-
ment officers to protect themselves off duty, the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Prisons allows correctional 
officers of the Bureau of Prisons to securely store 
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personal firearms at only 31 Federal penal and cor-
rectional institutions while at work. 
SEC. 3. SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 4050. Secure firearms storage 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ means a qualified law 
enforcement officer employed by the Bureau of Pris-
ons; and 
‘‘(2) the terms ‘firearm’ and ‘qualified law en-
forcement officer’ have the meanings given those 
terms under section 926B. 
‘‘(b) SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE.—The Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each chief execu-
tive officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution— 
‘‘(1)(A) provides a secure storage area located 
outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for 
employees to store firearms; or 
‘‘(B) allows employees to store firearms in a ve-
hicle lockbox approved by the Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons; and 
‘‘(2) notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including regulations), allows employees to carry 
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concealed firearms on the premises outside of the se-
cure perimeter of the institution.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘4050. Secure firearms storage.’’. 
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