,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #beac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ah1 #bjag,mrs4 
,hartzler introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to allow   
certain off-duty law enforcement        
officers and retired law enforcement    
officers to carry a concealed firearm to
 protect children in a school zone4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,police ,officers ,protecting      
,children ,act4  #b4 ,certain off-duty  
law enforcement officers and retired law
 enforcement officers allowed to carry a
 concealed firearm1 and discharge a     
firearm1 in a school zone ,section      
#ibb7q7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states   
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph  
7#b77;,b7-- 7,a7 by striking or at the  
end of clause 7vi72 and  7,b7 by        
redesignating clause 7vii7 as clause    
7ix7 and inserting after clause 7vi7 the
 following3  7vii7 by an off-duty law   
enforcement officer who is a qualified  

law enforcement officer 7as defined in  
section #ibf;,b7 and is authorized under
 such section to carry a concealed      
firearm1 if the firearm is concealed2   
7viii7 by a qualified retired law       
enforcement officer 7as defined in      
section #ibf;,c7 who is authorized under
 such section to carry a concealed      
firearm1 if the firearm is concealed2 or
  2 and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c77;,b7--  
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 a  
semicolon2 and  7,c7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7v7 by an off-duty  
law enforcement officer who is a        
qualified law enforcement officer 7as   
defined in section #ibf;,b7 and is      
authorized under such section to carry a
 concealed firearm2 or  7vi7 by a       
qualified retired law enforcement       
officer 7as defined in section #ibf;,c7 
who is authorized under such section to 
carry a concealed firearm4  4