I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4550 
To permit qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law enforcement 
officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from carrying a con-
cealed firearm to carry a firearm, and to discharge a firearm in defense 
of self or others, in a school zone. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2016 
Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself, Mr. YOHO, Mr. BABIN, Mr. FARENTHOLD, 
Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. PALMER, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. 
GOSAR, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. OLSON, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. 
CONAWAY, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. ROHRABACHER, and Mr. BARTON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To permit qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired 
law enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by 
State law from carrying a concealed firearm to carry 
a firearm, and to discharge a firearm in defense of 
self or others, in a school zone. 
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 ‘‘Protect Against School 
Shootings Act’’ or the ‘‘PASS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF FIREARMS IN SCHOOL ZONES BY QUALI-
FIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, QUALI-
FIED RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CERS, AND PERSONS NOT PROHIBITED BY 
STATE LAW FROM CARRYING A CONCEALED 
FIREARM. 
(a) OVERRIDE OF THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONES 
ACT OF 1990.—Section 922(q) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(vi); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (vii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(viii) by a person who, under section 
926D, may carry a concealed firearm in a 
school zone.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(iii); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (iv) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(v) by a person who, under section 
926D, may carry a concealed firearm in a 
school zone.’’. 
(b) OVERRIDE OF STATE LAW.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 926C the following: 
‘‘§ 926D. Use of firearms in school zones by qualified 
law enforcement officers, qualified re-
tired law enforcement officers, and per-
sons not prohibited by State law from 
carrying a concealed firearm 
‘‘Notwithstanding the law of any State or any polit-
ical subdivision thereof, a person who, under section 926B 
or 926C or the law of a State, may carry a concealed fire-
arm may carry the firearm, and discharge the firearm in 
defense of self or others, in a school zone in any State.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 926C the following new 
item: 
‘‘926D. Use of firearms in school zones by qualified law enforcement officers, 
qualified retired law enforcement officers, and persons not pro-
hibited by State law from carrying a concealed firearm.’’. 
Æ 
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