[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3091 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3091


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2023

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service 
                    weapons, 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 ``Federal Law Enforcement Officer 
Service Weapon Purchase Act''.

SEC. 2. PURCHASE OF RETIRED FIREARMS BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              OFFICERS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall establish a 
program under which a Federal law enforcement officer may purchase a 
retired firearm from the Federal agency that issued the firearm to such 
officer.
    (b) Limitations.--A Federal law enforcement officer may purchase a 
retired firearm under subsection (a) if--
            (1) the purchase is made during the six-month period 
        beginning on the date the firearm was so retired; and
            (2) with respect to such purchase, the officer is in good 
        standing with the Federal agency that employs or employed such 
        officer.
    (c) Cost.--A firearm purchased under this section shall be sold at 
the salvage value for such firearm taking into account the age and 
condition of the firearm.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Federal law enforcement officer'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 115(c)(1) of title 18, 
        United States Code, and includes a retired Federal law 
        enforcement officer;
            (2) the term ``firearm'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, excluding any 
        machinegun (as defined in section 921(a)(24) of such title) not 
        lawfully possessed before section 922(o) of such title took 
        effect;
            (3) the term ``retired firearm'' means any firearm that has 
        been declared surplus by the applicable agency; and
            (4) the term ``salvage value'' means the value of an asset 
        after it has become useless to the owner or the amount expected 
        to be obtained when a fixed asset is disposed of at the end of 
        its useful life.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2023.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.