Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Improvements Act of 2010
PL 111-272 (S.1132), enacted 10/12/2010

124 STAT. 2855 
PUBLIC LAW 111–272—OCT. 12, 2010 
Public Law 111–272 
111th Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the 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 ‘‘Law Enforcement Officers Safety 
Act Improvements Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAFETY 
PROVISIONS OF TITLE 18. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 926B of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ‘‘which could result 
in suspension or loss of police powers’’ after ‘‘agency’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) For the purposes of this section, a law enforcement officer 
of the Amtrak Police Department, a law enforcement officer of 
the Federal Reserve, or a law enforcement or police officer of the 
executive branch of the Federal Government qualifies as an 
employee of a governmental agency who is authorized by law to 
engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or 
prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any violation 
of law, and has statutory powers of arrest.’’. 
(b) ACTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Section 926B of title 
18, United States Code is amended by striking subsection (e) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) As used in this section, the term ‘firearm’— 
‘‘(1) except as provided in this subsection, has the same 
meaning as in section 921 of this title; 
‘‘(2) includes ammunition not expressly prohibited by Fed-
eral law or subject to the provisions of the National Firearms 
Act; and 
‘‘(3) does not include— 
‘‘(A) any machinegun (as defined in section 5845 of 
the National Firearms Act); 
‘‘(B) any firearm silencer (as defined in section 921 
of this title); and 
‘‘(C) any destructive device (as defined in section 921 
of this title).’’. 
(c) RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Section 926C of 
title 18, United States Code is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
18 USC 1 note. 
Law Enforcement 
Officers Safety 
Act 
Improvements 
Act of 2010. 
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PUBLIC LAW 111–272—OCT. 12, 2010 
(i) by striking ‘‘retired’’ and inserting ‘‘separated 
from service’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, other than for reasons of mental 
instability’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘retirement’’ and 
inserting ‘‘separation’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘retirement, 
was regularly employed as a law enforcement officer 
for an aggregate of 15 years or more’’ and inserting 
‘‘separation, served as a law enforcement officer for 
an aggregate of 10 years or more’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘retired’’ and 
inserting ‘‘separated’’; 
(D) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) during the most recent 12-month period, has met, 
at the expense of the individual, the standards for qualification 
in firearms training for active law enforcement officers, as 
determined by the former agency of the individual, the State 
in which the individual resides or, if the State has not estab-
lished such standards, either a law enforcement agency within 
the State in which the individual resides or the standards 
used by a certified firearms instructor that is qualified to con-
duct a firearms qualification test for active duty officers within 
that State;’’; and 
(E) by striking paragraph (5) and replacing it with 
the following: 
‘‘(5)(A) has not been officially found by a qualified medical 
professional employed by the agency to be unqualified for rea-
sons relating to mental health and as a result of this finding 
will not be issued the photographic identification as described 
in subsection (d)(1); or 
‘‘(B) has not entered into an agreement with the agency 
from which the individual is separating from service in which 
that individual acknowledges he or she is not qualified under 
this section for reasons relating to mental health and for those 
reasons will not receive or accept the photographic identification 
as described in subsection (d)(1);’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘retired’’ and inserting ‘‘separated’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘to meet the standards’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘concealed firearm’’ and inserting 
‘‘to meet the active duty standards for qualification 
in firearms training as established by the agency to 
carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed 
firearm’’; 
(B) paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘retired’’ and 
inserting ‘‘separated’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘that 
indicates’’ and all that follows through the period and 
inserting ‘‘or by a certified firearms instructor that 
is qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test 
for active duty officers within that State that indicates 
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124 STAT. 2857 
PUBLIC LAW 111–272—OCT. 12, 2010 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1132: 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 111–233 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 
May 13, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 29, considered and passed House. 
that the individual has, not less than 1 year before 
the date the individual is carrying the concealed fire-
arm, been tested or otherwise found by the State or 
a certified firearms instructor that is qualified to con-
duct a firearms qualification test for active duty officers 
within that State to have met— 
‘‘(I) the active duty standards for qualification 
in firearms training, as established by the State, 
to carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed 
firearm; or 
‘‘(II) if the State has not established such 
standards, standards set by any law enforcement 
agency within that State to carry a firearm of 
the same type as the concealed firearm.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) As used in this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘firearm’— 
‘‘(A) except as provided in this paragraph, has the 
same meaning as in section 921 of this title; 
‘‘(B) includes ammunition not expressly prohibited by 
Federal law or subject to the provisions of the National 
Firearms Act; and 
‘‘(C) does not include— 
‘‘(i) any machinegun (as defined in section 5845 
of the National Firearms Act); 
‘‘(ii) any firearm silencer (as defined in section 
921 of this title); and 
‘‘(iii) any destructive device (as defined in section 
921 of this title); and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘service with a public agency as a law enforce-
ment officer’ includes service as a law enforcement officer of 
the Amtrak Police Department, service as a law enforcement 
officer of the Federal Reserve, or service as a law enforcement 
or police officer of the executive branch of the Federal Govern-
ment.’’. 
Approved October 12, 2010. 
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