LEOSA Reform Act
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be called the 'LEOSA Reform Act of 2025.'
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the LEOSA Reform Act of 2025 .
2Conforming the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990
This section would change the list of exceptions to the federal law that bans possessing a firearm in a school zone, found in section 922(q)(2)(B) of title 18. It would add a new exception, clause (viii), for a person who is authorized under section 926B or 926C of title 18 to carry a concealed firearm. It would also make two small wording changes to the two clauses just before the new one (removing a final 'or' from one and replacing a final period with '; or' in the other) so the new exception fits into the list correctly.
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2. Conforming the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 Section 922(q)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking or at the end of clause (vi); (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (vii) and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (viii) by an individual authorized by section 926B or 926C to carry a concealed firearm. .
3Making improvements to the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act
This section would change several parts of the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act, in sections 926B and 926C of title 18, which let qualified active and retired law enforcement officers carry a concealed firearm. It would insert new wording into sections 926B(a) and 926C(a), right after the word 'thereof,' so that the officer's authority to carry a concealed firearm would also apply notwithstanding any other provision of federal law and any regulation the Secretary of the Interior issues for a unit of the National Park System. It would add the same new exception into a paragraph (1) and a paragraph (2) of both sections 926B(b) and 926C(b): the new exception says that whatever those paragraphs otherwise let a law restrict does not apply on property used by a common or contract carrier to move people or property by land, rail, or water, or on property open to the public, whether or not the public must pay a fee to enter. It would add the words 'any magazine and' into a definition in section 926B(e)(2) and section 926C(e)(1)(B), so that magazines are added to whatever else that definition already covers. It would replace section 926C(c)(4) so that a qualified retired law enforcement officer must have met 'standards for qualification in firearms training' within the most recent 12 months, or up to 36 months if the officer's state of residence allows a longer period; the section defines that phrase to mean any one of four possible standards: those set by the officer's former agency for its active duty officers, those set by the officer's state of residence for its active duty officers, those set by any law enforcement agency in that state for its active duty officers, or any active duty qualification standard applied by a certified firearms instructor in that state. It would rewrite section 926C(d) so that, instead of requiring the retired officer to have been tested by the former agency within the past year against that agency's own active duty standards, paragraph (1) would require the officer to have met the 'standards for qualification in firearms training' defined in new paragraph (c)(4); and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) would replace the certification requirement so the officer can satisfy it with a certification from the officer's former agency, the officer's state of residence, any law enforcement agency in that state, or any certified firearms instructor in that state, showing that the officer has met the standards for qualification in firearms training required by paragraph (c)(4).
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3. Making improvements to the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act (a) Each of sections 926B(a) and 926C(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting or any other provision of Federal law, or any regulation prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior pertaining to a unit of the National Park System after thereof . (b) Each of sections 926B(b) and 926C(b) of such title are amended— (1) 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 (2) 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. (c) Each of sections 926B(e)(2) and 926C(e)(1)(B) of such title is amended by inserting any magazine and after includes . (d) Section 926C(c)(4) of such title is amended to read as follows: (4) has met the standards for qualification in firearms training during the most recent period of 12 months (or, at the option of the State in which the individual resides, a greater number of months, not exceeding 36 months), and for purposes of this paragraph, the term standards for qualification in firearms training means— (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; . (e) Section 926C(d) of such title is amended— (1) 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 for qualification in firearms training required by subsection (c)(4) for ; and (2) 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 for qualification in firearms training required by subsection (c)(4). .
4Permitting qualified current and retired law enforcement officers to carry firearms in certain Federal facilities
This section would change section 930 of title 18, the federal law against possessing firearms in federal facilities. It would add a new exception, subsection (d)(4), allowing a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926B(c)) or a qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926C(c)) to possess a firearm or ammunition in a federal facility that is rated 'Facility Security Level I or II' and that is a 'civilian public access facility,' along with small wording changes to the two exceptions just before it so the new one fits into the list. It would also add two new definitions to subsection (g): 'Facility Security Level' means the security risk assessment level that a facility's security agency assigns to a federal facility under the Interagency Security Committee Standard, which is issued on a biannual basis, and 'civilian public access facility' means a facility that is open to the general public.
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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 (as defined in section 926B(c)) or a qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926C(c)). ; and (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following: (4) 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. (5) The term civilian public access facility means a facility open to the general public. .
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