[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4550 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4550

  To permit qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law 
  enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from 
  carrying a concealed firearm to carry a firearm, and to discharge a 
        firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2016

 Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Babin, Mr. Farenthold, 
 Mr. Sessions, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
 Russell, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Olson, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Cramer, 
Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Marchant, Mr. 
 Rohrabacher, and Mr. Barton) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To permit qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law 
  enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from 
  carrying a concealed firearm to carry a firearm, and to discharge a 
        firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone.

    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 ``Protect Against School Shootings 
Act'' or the ``PASS Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF FIREARMS IN SCHOOL ZONES BY QUALIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              OFFICERS, QUALIFIED RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND 
              PERSONS NOT PROHIBITED BY STATE LAW FROM CARRYING A 
              CONCEALED FIREARM.

    (a) Override of the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990.--Section 
922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (vi);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of clause 
                (vii) and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(viii) by a person who, under section 
                        926D, may carry a concealed firearm in a school 
                        zone.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (iii);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of clause 
                (iv) and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(v) by a person who, under section 926D, 
                        may carry a concealed firearm in a school 
                        zone.''.
    (b) Override of State Law.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting after section 926C the following:
``Sec. 926D. Use of firearms in school zones by qualified law 
              enforcement officers, qualified retired law enforcement 
              officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from 
              carrying a concealed firearm
    ``Notwithstanding the law of any State or any political subdivision 
thereof, a person who, under section 926B or 926C or the law of a 
State, may carry a concealed firearm may carry the firearm, and 
discharge the firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone in 
any State.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for such 
        chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
        section 926C the following new item:

``926D. Use of firearms in school zones by qualified law enforcement 
                            officers, qualified retired law enforcement 
                            officers, and persons not prohibited by 
                            State law from carrying a concealed 
                            firearm.''.
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