LEOSA Reform Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1156 To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 13, 2019 Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. STAUBER, 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 and provisions re- lating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law en- forcement officers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘LEOSA Reform Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:51 Feb 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1156.IH H1156 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1156 IH SEC. 2. CONFORMING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 1 SAFETY ACT AND THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL 2 ZONES ACT OF 1990. 3 Section 922(q)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 4 is amended— 5 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (vi); 6 (2) by striking the period at the end of clause 7 (vii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 9 ‘‘(viii) by an individual authorized by 10 section 926B or 926C to carry a concealed 11 firearm.’’. 12 SEC. 3. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCE- 13 MENT OFFICER SAFETY ACT. 14 (a) Each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of sections 15 926B(b) and 926C(b) of title 18, United States Code, are 16 amended by inserting ‘‘, except to the extent that the laws 17 apply on property used by a common or contract carrier 18 to transport people or property by land, rail, or water or 19 on property open to the public (whether or not a fee is 20 charged to enter the property)’’ before the semicolon. 21 (b) Each of sections 926B(a) and 926C(a) of such 22 title is amended by inserting ‘‘or any other provision of 23 Federal law, or any regulation prescribed by the Secretary 24 of the Interior pertaining to a unit of the National Park 25 System’’ after ‘‘thereof’’. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:51 Feb 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1156.IH H1156 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 1156 IH (c) Each of sections 926B(e)(2) and 926C(e)(1)(B) 1 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘any magazine and’’ 2 after ‘‘includes’’. 3 (d) Section 926C(c)(4) of such title is amended to 4 read as follows: 5 ‘‘(4) has met the standards for qualification in 6 firearms training during the most recent period of 7 12 months (or, at the option of the State in which 8 the individual resides, a greater number of months, 9 not exceeding 36 months), and for purposes of this 10 paragraph, the term ‘standards for qualification in 11 firearms training’ means— 12 ‘‘(A) the standards for active duty law en- 13 forcement officers as established by the former 14 agency of the individual; 15 ‘‘(B) the standards for active duty law en- 16 forcement officers as established by the State in 17 which the individual resides; 18 ‘‘(C) the standards for active duty law en- 19 forcement officers employed by any law enforce- 20 ment agency in the State in which the indi- 21 vidual resides; or 22 ‘‘(D) any standard for active duty law en- 23 forcement officers for firearms qualification 24 conducted by any certified firearms instructor 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:51 Feb 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1156.IH H1156 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 1156 IH within the State in which the individual re- 1 sides;’’. 2 (e) Section 926C(d) of such title is amended— 3 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less re- 4 cently than one year before the date the individual 5 is carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or oth- 6 erwise found by the agency to meet the active duty 7 standards for qualification in firearms training as 8 established by the agency to carry’’ and inserting 9 ‘‘met the standards for qualification in firearms 10 training required by subsection (c)(4) for’’; and 11 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 12 (B) and inserting the following: 13 ‘‘(B) a certification issued by the former 14 agency of the individual, the State in which the 15 individual resides, any law enforcement agency 16 within the State in which the individual resides, 17 or any certified firearms instructor within the 18 State in which the individual resides that indi- 19 cates that the individual has met the standards 20 for qualification in firearms training required 21 by subsection (c)(4).’’. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:51 Feb 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1156.IH H1156 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 1156 IH SEC. 4. PERMITTING QUALIFIED CURRENT AND RETIRED 1 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY 2 FIREARMS IN CERTAIN FEDERAL FACILITIES. 3 Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is 4 amended— 5 (1) in subsection (d)— 6 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 7 the end; 8 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe- 9 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 11 ‘‘(4) the possession of a firearm or ammunition 12 in a Facility Security Level I or II civilian public ac- 13 cess facility by a qualified law enforcement officer 14 (as defined in section 926B(c)) or a qualified retired 15 law enforcement officer (as defined in section 16 926C(c)).’’; and 17 (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 18 following: 19 ‘‘(4) The term ‘Facility Security Level’ means 20 a security risk assessment level assigned to a Fed- 21 eral facility by the security agency of the facility in 22 accordance with the biannually issued Interagency 23 Security Committee Standard. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:51 Feb 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1156.IH H1156 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •HR 1156 IH ‘‘(5) The term ‘civilian public access facility’ 1 means a facility open to the general public.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:51 Feb 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1156.IH H1156 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS