LEOSA Reform Act

Bill: 115-hr-6105
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2018-06-14
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions

Firearms and explosives

Law enforcement officers

Licensing and registrations

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>LEOSA Reform Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows certain authorized retired and off-duty law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms in a school zone, on public property, or in a national park.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6105 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 14, 2018 Mr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. Perry , and Mr. Rutherford ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the LEOSA Reform Act . 2. Improvements to the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act (a) Allowing qualified current or retired law enforcement officers To carry a firearm in a school zone 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. . (b) Allowing qualified current or retired law enforcement officers To carry a firearm on property open to the public (including on Amtrak) Each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of sections 926B(b) and 926C(b) of such title are amended by inserting , except to the extent that the laws apply to property open to the public before the semicolon. (c) Allowing qualified current or retired law enforcement officers To carry a firearm in a national park Each of sections 926B(a) and 926C(a) of such title is amended by inserting or any regulation prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior pertaining to a unit of the National Park System after thereof . (d) Allowing qualified current or retired law enforcement officers To carry an ammunition magazine of any capacity Each of sections 926B(e)(2) and 926C(e)(1)(B) of such title is amended by inserting and an ammunition magazine before not expressly . (e) Allowing retired law enforcement officers To qualify for concealed carry by passing a State-Approved qualification course for retired officers or a course needed To obtain a concealed carry permit in the State Section 926C(d)(2)(B) of such title is amended— (1) in the matter preceding clause (I), by striking active duty officers each place it appears; (2) in clause (I)— (A) by striking active duty ; and (B) by striking or at the end; (3) in clause (II), by striking the period and inserting ; or ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (III) the standards set by the agency referred to in paragraph (1) to carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed firearm. .