[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2849 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2849

To permit law enforcement officers of the Department of the Treasury to 
 carry service weapons to their place of residence while off duty, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2019

   Ms. Norton (for herself and Mr. King of New York) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
  Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit law enforcement officers of the Department of the Treasury to 
 carry service weapons to their place of residence while off duty, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Department of the Treasury Officer 
Protection Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
              TREASURY TO CARRY SERVICE WEAPON TO OFFICER'S PLACE OF 
              RESIDENCE.

    (a) In General.--Any law enforcement officer employed by the 
Department of the Treasury shall be allowed to carry the officer's 
service weapon to, and store the service weapon in, the officer's place 
of residence while such officer is off duty.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``law enforcement officer'' means an employee 
        the duties of whose position include--
                    (A) the investigation, apprehension, or detention 
                of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses 
                against the criminal laws of the United States; or
                    (B) the protection of officials of the United 
                States against threats to personal safety; and
            (2) the term ``service weapon'' means any firearm (as that 
        term is defined in section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United States 
        Code) used by a law enforcement officer when carrying out the 
        officer's official duties.
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