Title: POLICE Act of 2017
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Protecting Officers of the Law In Civilian Establishments Act of 2017 or the POLICE Act of 2017
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the restriction on possessing a firearm or other dangerous weapon in a federal facility.
Specifically, the prohibition does not apply to the lawful carrying of agency-issued firearms and dangerous weapons by a uniformed law enforcement officer in certain publicly accessible federal facilities.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2561 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2561

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit uniformed law 
enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearms in certain Federal 
                  facilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2017

    Mr. Hollingsworth (for himself and Mr. Reichert) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit uniformed law 
enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearms in certain Federal 
                  facilities, 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 ``Protecting Officers of the Law In 
Civilian Establishments Act of 2017'' or as the ``POLICE Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING UNIFORMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY AGENCY-
              ISSUED FIREARMS.

    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 lawful carrying of agency-issued firearms and 
        other dangerous weapons in Facility Security Level I and II 
        Federal civilian public access facilities by a uniformed 
        officer, agent, or employee of the United States, a State, or a 
        political subdivision thereof, who is authorized by law to 
        engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
        investigation, or prosecution of any violation of law.''; 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 
        facility's security agency 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.
            ``(6) The term `uniformed officer, agent, or employee' 
        means an officer, agent, or employee wearing a clearly 
        identifiable agency standard-issued uniform with a clearly 
        identifiable agency-issued identification badge.''.
                                   
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