Official Summaries

LEOSA Reform Act

This bill broadens the authority for certain individuals to carry concealed firearms in school zones and across state lines.

Specifically, the bill exempts the following categories of individuals from the federal prohibition on possessing (or discharging) a firearm in a school zone:

• certain active and retired law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry concealed firearms under federal law, and
• individuals who are allowed to carry concealed firearms under the law of a state.

Additionally, the bill allows qualified active and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms and ammunition (including magazines) in national parks; on state, local, or private property that is open to the public; and in certain federal facilities that are open to the public.

Finally, the bill permits states to reduce the frequency with which retired law enforcement officers must meet certain qualification standards.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 679 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 679

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement 
Officers Safety Act of 2004 and provisions relating to the carrying of 
 concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 20, 2025

 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. 
    Ricketts, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Justice, and Mr. Tillis) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement 
Officers Safety Act of 2004 and 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 ``LEOSA Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. CONFORMING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT OF 2004 AND 
              THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT OF 1990.

    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 an individual authorized by section 926B or 
        926C to 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 an individual authorized by section 926B or 926C 
        to carry a concealed firearm.''.

SEC. 3. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT 
              OF 2004.

    (a) Carrying of Concealed Firearms by Qualified Law Enforcement 
Officers.--Section 926B of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or any other 
        provision of Federal law (including any regulation prescribed 
        by the Secretary of the Interior pertaining to a unit of the 
        National Park System)'' after ``thereof'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, except to 
                the extent that the laws apply on property used by a 
                common or contract carrier to transport people or 
                property by land, rail, or water or on property open to 
                the public (whether or not a fee is charged to enter 
                the property)'' before the semicolon; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, except to 
                the extent that the laws apply on property used by a 
                common or contract carrier to transport people or 
                property by land, rail, or water or on property open to 
                the public (whether or not a fee is charged to enter 
                the property)'' before the period at the end; and
            (3) in subsection (e)(2), by inserting ``any magazine and'' 
        after ``includes''.
    (b) Carrying of Concealed Firearms by Qualified Retired Law 
Enforcement Officers.--Section 926C of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or any other 
        provision of Federal law (including any regulation prescribed 
        by the Secretary of the Interior pertaining to a unit of the 
        National Park System)'' after ``thereof'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, except to 
                the extent that the laws apply on property used by a 
                common or contract carrier to transport people or 
                property by land, rail, or water or on property open to 
                the public (whether or not a fee is charged to enter 
                the property)'' before the semicolon; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, except to 
                the extent that the laws apply on property used by a 
                common or contract carrier to transport people or 
                property by land, rail, or water or on property open to 
                the public (whether or not a fee is charged to enter 
                the property)'' before the period;
            (3) by striking subsection (c)(4) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(4) during the most recent 12-month period (or, at the 
        option of the State in which the individual resides, a greater 
        number of months, not exceeding 36 months), has met--
                    ``(A) the standards for active duty law enforcement 
                officers, as established by the former agency of the 
                individual;
                    ``(B) the standards for active duty law enforcement 
                officers, as established by the State in which the 
                individual resides;
                    ``(C) the standards for active duty law enforcement 
                officers employed by any law enforcement agency in the 
                State in which the individual resides; or
                    ``(D) any standard for active duty law enforcement 
                officers for firearms qualification conducted by any 
                certified firearms instructor within the State in which 
                the individual resides;'';
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``not less 
                recently than one year before the date the individual 
                is carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or 
                otherwise found by the agency to meet the active duty 
                standards for qualification in firearms training as 
                established by the agency to carry'' and inserting 
                ``met the standards required by subsection (c)(4) 
                for''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) 
                and inserting the following:
            ``(B) a certification issued by the former agency of the 
        individual, the State in which the individual resides, any law 
        enforcement agency within the State in which the individual 
        resides, or any certified firearms instructor within the State 
        in which the individual resides that indicates that the 
        individual has met the standards required by subsection 
        (c)(4).''; and
            (5) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by inserting ``any magazine 
        and'' after ``includes''.

SEC. 4. PERMITTING QUALIFIED CURRENT AND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              OFFICERS TO CARRY FIREARMS IN CERTAIN FEDERAL FACILITIES.

    Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) the possession of a firearm or ammunition in a 
        Facility Security Level I or II civilian public access facility 
        by a qualified law enforcement officer or a qualified retired 
        law enforcement officer.''; and
            (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) The term `civilian public access facility' means a 
        facility open to the general public.
            ``(5) The term `Facility Security Level' means a security 
        risk assessment level assigned to a Federal facility by the 
        security agency of the facility in accordance with the 
        biannually issued Interagency Security Committee Standard.
            ``(6) The term `qualified law enforcement officer' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 926B.
            ``(7) The term `qualified retired law enforcement officer' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 926C.''.
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