,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aa1 #bjaf 
,mr4 ,weber of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,yoho1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,farenthold1  
,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mr4 ,palmer1 ,mr4      
,neugebauer1 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 ,mr4 ,gosar1
 ,mr4 ,russell1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4      
,olson1 ,mr4 ,sam ,johnson of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,texas1    
,mr4 ,carter of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,conaway1  
,mr4 ,marchant1 ,mr4 ,rohrabacher1 and  
,mr4 ,barton7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to permit qualified law enforcement    
officers1 qualified retired law         
enforcement officers1 and persons not   
prohibited by ,state law from carrying a
 concealed firearm to carry a firearm1  
and to discharge a firearm in defense of
 self or others1 in a school zone4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protect ,against ,school ,shootings
 ,act or the ,,pass ,act4  #b4 ,use of  

firearms in school zones by qualified   
law enforcement officers1 qualified     
retired law enforcement officers1 and   
persons not prohibited by ,state law    
from carrying a concealed firearm  7a7  
,override of the ,gun-,free ,school     
,zones ,act of #aiij ,section #ibb7q7 of
 title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7
 by striking or at the end of clause    
7vi72  7,b7 by striking the period at   
the end of clause 7vii7 and inserting 2 
or2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end the  
following3  7viii7 by a person who1     
under section #ibf;,d1 may carry a      
concealed firearm in a school zone4  2  
and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c7--  7,a7 by  
striking or at the end of clause 7iii72 
7,b7 by striking the period at the end  
of clause 7iv7 and inserting 2 or2 and  
7,c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7v7 by a person who1 under section    
#ibf;,d1 may carry a concealed firearm  
in a school zone4  4  7b7 ,override of  
,state law  7#a7 ,in general ,chapter   

#dd of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended by inserting after section  
#ibf;,c the following3  #ibf;,d4 ,use of
 firearms in school zones by qualified  
law enforcement officers1 qualified     
retired law enforcement officers1 and   
persons not prohibited by ,state law    
from carrying a concealed firearm       
,notwithstanding the law of any ,state  
or any political subdivision thereof1 a 
person who1 under section #ibf;,b or    
#ibf;,c or the law of a ,state1 may     
carry a concealed firearm may carry the 
firearm1 and discharge the firearm in   
defense of self or others1 in a school  
zone in any ,state4  4  7#b7 ,clerical  
amendment ,the table of sections for    
such chapter is amended by inserting    
after the item relating to section      
#ibf;,c the following new item3         
#ibf;,d4 ,use of firearms in school     
zones by qualified law enforcement      
officers1 qualified retired law         
enforcement officers1 and persons not   
prohibited by ,state law from carrying a

 concealed firearm4  4