POLICE Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2805 To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit uniformed law enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearms in certain Federal facilities, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 16, 2019 Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH (for himself, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. BUDD, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. PALAZZO, and Mr. KUSTOFF of Ten- nessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit uniformed law enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearms in certain Federal facilities, 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 ‘‘Protecting Officers of 4 the Law In Civilian Establishments Act of 2019’’ or as 5 the ‘‘POLICE Act of 2019’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:48 May 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2805.IH H2805 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2805 IH SEC. 2. PERMITTING UNIFORMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OF- 1 FICERS TO CARRY AGENCY-ISSUED FIRE- 2 ARMS. 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 lawful carrying of agency-issued fire- 12 arms and other dangerous weapons in Facility Secu- 13 rity Level I and II Federal civilian public access fa- 14 cilities by a uniformed officer, agent, or employee of 15 the United States, a State, or a political subdivision 16 thereof, who is authorized by law to engage in or su- 17 pervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or 18 prosecution of any violation of law.’’; and 19 (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 20 following: 21 ‘‘(4) The term ‘Facility Security Level’ means 22 a security risk assessment level assigned to a Fed- 23 eral facility by the facility’s security agency in ac- 24 cordance with the biannually issued Interagency Se- 25 curity Committee Standard. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:48 May 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2805.IH H2805 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2805 IH ‘‘(5) The term ‘civilian public access facility’ 1 means a facility open to the general public. 2 ‘‘(6) The term ‘uniformed officer, agent, or em- 3 ployee’ means an officer, agent, or employee wearing 4 a clearly identifiable agency standard-issued uniform 5 with a clearly identifiable agency-issued identifica- 6 tion badge.’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:48 May 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2805.IH H2805 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS