PASS Act

Bill: 118-hr-2477
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2023-04-03
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protect Against School Shootings Act or the PASS Act</strong></p> <p>This bill broadens the authority for certain individuals to carry concealed firearms in a school zone.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill exempts the following categories of individuals from the federal prohibition on possessing (or discharging) a firearm in a school zone:</p> <ul> <li>certain active and retired law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry concealed firearms under federal law, and</li> <li>individuals who are allowed to carry concealed firearms under the law of a state. <br> </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2477 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 3, 2023 Mr. Weber of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 to permit qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from carrying a concealed firearm to carry a firearm, and to discharge a firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Against School Shootings Act or the PASS Act . 2. Use of firearms in school zones by qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from carrying a concealed firearm Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B)— (A) in clause (vi), by striking or at the end; (B) in clause (vii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (viii) by a person who, under section 926B or 926C or the law of a State, may carry a concealed firearm. ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(B)— (A) in clause (iii), by striking or at the end; (B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (v) by a person who, under section 926B or 926C or the law of a State, may carry a concealed firearm. .