Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1143
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2013-03-13
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Department of Justice

Firearms and explosives

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to: (1) ensure that each prison facility provides a secure firearms storage area for use by all employees who are authorized to carry a firearm, or (2) allow such employees to store their firearm in a Bureau-approved vehicle lockbox.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1143 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2013 Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry a firearm.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013 . 2. Findings (1) The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, enacted in 2004 and later amended by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Improvements Act of 2010, gives law enforcement officers, including Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees, the right to carry a concealed firearm in all fifty States for self-protection. (2) The intent of the law is to allow law enforcement officers to protect themselves while off duty. (3) Correctional workers in the BOP have been the targets of assaults and murders while off duty. (4) While this law allows officers to protect themselves off duty, the BOP does not allow staff to carry their personal weapon on the grounds of most facilities when commuting to and from work. (5) The BOP allows carry to and from work and storage at approximately 15 facilities in the BOP, but they do not reasonably explain why they allow some BOP staff to carry on BOP property while others are not allowed. 3. Secure firearms storage in prison (a) In general Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 4049. Secure firearms storage in prison The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each prison facility provides a secure firearms storage area for use by all persons employed by the Bureau at the facility who are authorized to carry a firearm, or allow employees authorized to carry a firearm to store their firearm in a Bureau-approved vehicle lockbox. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 4049. Secure firearms storage in prison. .