LEOSA Reform Act
Bill: S.1610 | Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John (R-LA)
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
LEOSA Reform Act
This bill broadens the authority for certain law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms across state lines.
Specifically, the bill allows qualified active and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms and ammunition (including magazines) in school zones; in national parks; on state, local, or private property that is open to the public; and in certain federal facilities that are open to the public.
Further, the bill permits states to reduce the frequency with which retired law enforcement officers must meet certain qualification standards.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement 
Officers Safety Act of 2004 and provisions relating to the carrying of 
 concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``LEOSA Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. CONFORMING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT OF 2004 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 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT 
              OF 2004.

    (a) Each of sections 926B(a) and 926C(a) of title 18, United States 
Code, 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''.
    (b) Each of sections 926B(b) and 926C(b) of such title are 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), 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; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), 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 period.
    (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 enforcement 
                officers as established by the former agency of the 
                individual;
                    ``(B) the standards for active duty law enforcement 
                officers as established by the State in which the 
                individual resides;
                    ``(C) the standards for active duty law enforcement 
                officers employed by any law enforcement agency in the 
                State in which the individual resides; or
                    ``(D) any standard for active duty law enforcement 
                officers for firearms qualification conducted by any 
                certified firearms instructor within the State in which 
                the individual resides;''.
    (e) Section 926C(d) of such title is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``not less recently than 
        one year before the date the individual is carrying the 
        concealed firearm, been tested or otherwise 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 indicates that the 
        individual has met the standards for qualification in firearms 
        training required by subsection (c)(4).''.

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 period 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 access 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 Federal facility by the 
        security agency of the facility in accordance with the 
        biannually issued Interagency Security Committee Standard.
            ``(5) The term `civilian public access facility' means a 
        facility open to the general public.''.
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