Title: LEOSA Reform Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
LEOSA Reform Act
This bill revises provisions related to the carrying of concealed firearms by certain active duty and retired law enforcement officers.
Specifically, the bill allows qualified active duty and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms, including magazines and ammunition, in school zones; on state, local, and private property that is otherwise open to the public; in national parks; and in certain federal facilities that are open to the public.
Additionally, states may reduce the frequency (currently, once during the most recent 12-month period) with which a retired law enforcement officer must meet firearms training standards to be certified to carry a concealed firearm.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1156 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    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 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 ENFORCEMENT 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''.
    (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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