[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1461 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1461

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified law 
   enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of 
                          concealed firearms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 1999

Mr. Rogan  (for himself and Mr. Rothman) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified law 
   enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of 
                          concealed firearms.

    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 ``National Assistance for Police 
Officer Safety Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF QUALIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM STATE LAWS 
              PROHIBITING THE CARRYING OF CONCEALED FIREARMS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 926A the following:
``Sec. 926B. Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified law 
              enforcement officers
    ``(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law of any State 
or any political subdivision thereof, an individual may carry a 
concealed firearm if the individual is a qualified law enforcement 
officer and is carrying required identification.
    ``(b) This section shall not be construed to exempt from section 
46505(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, a qualified law 
enforcement officer who does not meet the requirements of section 
46505(d) of such title.
    ``(c) This section shall not be construed to supersede or limit any 
Federal law or regulation prohibiting or restricting the possession of 
a firearm on any Federal property, installation, building, base, or 
park.
    ``(d) This section shall not be construed to supersede or limit the 
laws of any State or any political subdivision thereof, that--
            ``(1) permit private persons or entities to prohibit or 
        restrict the possession of concealed firearms on their 
        property;
            ``(2) prohibit or restrict the possession of firearms on 
        any State or local government property, installation, building, 
        base, or park; or
            ``(3) grant rights to carry a concealed firearm that are 
        broader than the rights granted by this section.
    ``(e) In this section:
            ``(1) The term `law enforcement officer' has the meaning 
        given in section 1204(5) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
        Streets Act of 1968.
            ``(2) The term `public agency' has the meaning given in 
        section 1204(6) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
        Act of 1968.
            ``(3) The term `qualified law enforcement officer' means an 
        individual who--
                    ``(A) is employed as a law enforcement officer by a 
                public agency;
                    ``(B) is authorized by the public agency to carry a 
                firearm at all times; and
                    ``(C) meets all of the requirements of the public 
                agency concerning firearms.
            ``(4) The term `required identification' means, with 
        respect to an individual, the official badge and photographic 
        identification issued by the public agency for which the 
        individual is employed as a law enforcement officer.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 926A the 
following:

``926B. Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified law enforcement 
                            officers.''.
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