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PUBLIC LAW 111–272—OCT. 12, 2010

124 STAT. 2855

Public Law 111–272
111th Congress
An Act
To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the provisions relating to the
carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

Oct. 12, 2010
[S. 1132]

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 ‘‘Law Enforcement Officers Safety
Act Improvements Act of 2010’’.

Law Enforcement
Officers Safety
Act
Improvements
Act of 2010.
18 USC 1 note.

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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAFETY
PROVISIONS OF TITLE 18.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 926B of title 18, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ‘‘which could result
in suspension or loss of police powers’’ after ‘‘agency’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) For the purposes of this section, a law enforcement officer
of the Amtrak Police Department, a law enforcement officer of
the Federal Reserve, or a law enforcement or police officer of the
executive branch of the Federal Government qualifies as an
employee of a governmental agency who is authorized by law to
engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or
prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any violation
of law, and has statutory powers of arrest.’’.
(b) ACTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Section 926B of title
18, United States Code is amended by striking subsection (e) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(e) As used in this section, the term ‘firearm’—
‘‘(1) except as provided in this subsection, has the same
meaning as in section 921 of this title;
‘‘(2) includes ammunition not expressly prohibited by Federal law or subject to the provisions of the National Firearms
Act; and
‘‘(3) does not include—
‘‘(A) any machinegun (as defined in section 5845 of
the National Firearms Act);
‘‘(B) any firearm silencer (as defined in section 921
of this title); and
‘‘(C) any destructive device (as defined in section 921
of this title).’’.
(c) RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Section 926C of
title 18, United States Code is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—

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PUBLIC LAW 111–272—OCT. 12, 2010
(i) by striking ‘‘retired’’ and inserting ‘‘separated
from service’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘, other than for reasons of mental
instability’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘retirement’’ and
inserting ‘‘separation’’;
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘retirement,
was regularly employed as a law enforcement officer
for an aggregate of 15 years or more’’ and inserting
‘‘separation, served as a law enforcement officer for
an aggregate of 10 years or more’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘retired’’ and
inserting ‘‘separated’’;
(D) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
‘‘(4) during the most recent 12-month period, has met,
at the expense of the individual, the standards for qualification
in firearms training for active law enforcement officers, as
determined by the former agency of the individual, the State
in which the individual resides or, if the State has not established such standards, either a law enforcement agency within
the State in which the individual resides or the standards
used by a certified firearms instructor that is qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test for active duty officers within
that State;’’; and
(E) by striking paragraph (5) and replacing it with
the following:
‘‘(5)(A) has not been officially found by a qualified medical
professional employed by the agency to be unqualified for reasons relating to mental health and as a result of this finding
will not be issued the photographic identification as described
in subsection (d)(1); or
‘‘(B) has not entered into an agreement with the agency
from which the individual is separating from service in which
that individual acknowledges he or she is not qualified under
this section for reasons relating to mental health and for those
reasons will not receive or accept the photographic identification
as described in subsection (d)(1);’’;
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘retired’’ and inserting ‘‘separated’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘to meet the standards’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘concealed firearm’’ and inserting
‘‘to meet the active duty standards for qualification
in firearms training as established by the agency to
carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed
firearm’’;
(B) paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘retired’’ and
inserting ‘‘separated’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘that
indicates’’ and all that follows through the period and
inserting ‘‘or by a certified firearms instructor that
is qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test
for active duty officers within that State that indicates

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that the individual has, not less than 1 year before
the date the individual is carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or otherwise found by the State or
a certified firearms instructor that is qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test for active duty officers
within that State to have met—
‘‘(I) the active duty standards for qualification
in firearms training, as established by the State,
to carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed
firearm; or
‘‘(II) if the State has not established such
standards, standards set by any law enforcement
agency within that State to carry a firearm of
the same type as the concealed firearm.’’; and
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
‘‘(e) As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘firearm’—
‘‘(A) except as provided in this paragraph, has the
same meaning as in section 921 of this title;
‘‘(B) includes ammunition not expressly prohibited by
Federal law or subject to the provisions of the National
Firearms Act; and
‘‘(C) does not include—
‘‘(i) any machinegun (as defined in section 5845
of the National Firearms Act);
‘‘(ii) any firearm silencer (as defined in section
921 of this title); and
‘‘(iii) any destructive device (as defined in section
921 of this title); and
‘‘(2) the term ‘service with a public agency as a law enforcement officer’ includes service as a law enforcement officer of
the Amtrak Police Department, service as a law enforcement
officer of the Federal Reserve, or service as a law enforcement
or police officer of the executive branch of the Federal Government.’’.
Approved October 12, 2010.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1132:
SENATE REPORTS: No. 111–233 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010):
May 13, considered and passed Senate.
Sept. 29, considered and passed House.

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