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Police Officers Protecting Children Act
To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in school zones.
Summary
This bill amends federal law to allow qualified active and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms in school zones. Specifically, it creates exceptions to the existing federal prohibition on firearms in school zones for qualified law enforcement officers (as defined in federal law Section 926B) and qualified retired law enforcement officers (as defined in Section 926C) who are authorized to carry concealed firearms. The bill also allows these same officers to discharge firearms in school zones under specified circumstances. The exceptions apply only when firearms are carried in a concealed manner by officers meeting the existing federal qualifications for carrying firearms nationwide.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- Apr 4, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Apr 4, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 4, 2025
Mr. Sheehy (for himself and Mr. Justice) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in school zones.
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 “Police Officers Protecting Children Act”.
SEC. 2. CERTAIN QUALIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ALLOWED TO CARRY A CONCEALED FIREARM, AND DISCHARGE A FIREARM, IN A SCHOOL ZONE.
Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)—
(A) in clause (vi), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon; and
(B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (ix) and inserting after clause (vi) the following:
“(vii) by a qualified law enforcement officer, as defined in section 926B, who is authorized under that section to carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed;
“(viii) by a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined in section 926C, who is authorized under that section to carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed; or”; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(B)—
(A) in clause (iii), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in clause (iv), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(v) by a qualified law enforcement officer, as defined in section 926B, who is authorized under that section to carry a concealed firearm; or
“(vi) by a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined in section 926C, who is authorized under that section to carry a concealed firearm.”. <all>
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