Police Officers Protecting Children Act

Bill: 116-hr-1501
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2019-03-05
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Elementary and secondary education

Firearms and explosives

Law enforcement officers

School administration
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Police Officers Protecting Children Act</b></p> <p>This bill specifies that certain retired and off-duty law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry concealed firearms are not subject to the federal prohibition on possessing (or discharging) a firearm in a school zone.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1501 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2019 Mrs. Hartzler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To allow certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Police Officers Protecting Children Act . 2. Certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers allowed to carry a concealed firearm, and discharge a firearm, in a school zone Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B)— (A) by striking or at the end of clause (vi); and (B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (ix) and inserting after clause (vi) the following: (vii) by an off-duty law enforcement officer who is a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926B) and is authorized under such section to carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed; (viii) by a qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926C) who is authorized under such section to carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed; or ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(B)— (A) by striking or at the end of clause (iii); (B) by striking the period at the end of clause (iv) and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (v) by an off-duty law enforcement officer who is a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926B) and is authorized under such section to carry a concealed firearm; or (vi) by a qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926C) who is authorized under such section to carry a concealed firearm. .