,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjai,mr4  
,moolenaar 7for himself and ,mr4        
,cuellar7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to allow   
qualified current or former law         
enforcement officers to purchase their  
service weapons1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,law ,enforcement ,officer 
,safety and ,security ,act of #bjai4    
#b4 ,purchase of service weapons by     
qualified current or former law         
enforcement officers  7a7 ,in general   
,except as provided in subsection 7b71  
an agency shall offer for sale at fair  
market value a single1 functional       
firearm1 which would otherwise be       
destroyed1 to an individual--  7#a7 who 
is-- 7,a7 a law enforcement officer     
employed by and in good standing with   
such agency2 or  7,b7 a former law      
enforcement officer separated from the  

employ of such agency for reasons other 
than misconduct1 neglect of duty1 or    
malfeasance2 and  7#b7 to whom such     
agency most recently issued such        
firearm4  7b7 ,background check required
  7#a7 ,in general ,an agency may not   
sell a firearm to an individual under   
subsection 7a7 of this section until the
 national instant criminal background   
check system established under section  
#ajc of the ,brady ,handgun ,violence   
,prevention ,act 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #djija7 
has notified the agency that receipt of 
a firearm by the individual would not   
violate subsection 7g7 or 7n7 of section
 #ibb of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 or ,state law1 unless paragraph  
7#a7 of section #ibb7t7 of title #ah1   
,united ,states ,code1 would not apply  
to the transfer by reason of paragraph  
7#c7 of such section #ibb7t7 if the     
agency were a licensee4  7#b7           
,communication between a ,federal agency
 and ,,nics ,for the purpose of the sale
 of a firearm under subsection 7a7 of   

this section1 an agency may contact the 
national instant criminal background    
check system in the same manner as a    
licensee is authorized to contact the   
system under section #ajc of the ,brady 
,handgun ,violence ,prevention ,act 7#cd
 ,u4,s4,c4 #djija71 for information on  
whether receipt of a firearm by a       
prospective buyer would violate section 
#ibb of title #ah1 ,united ,states      
,code1 or ,state law1 and the system may
 respond to such contact as if the      
agency were a licensee4  7c7            
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,agency
 ,the term agency has the meaning given 
such term in section #eea of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,firearm   
,the term firearm means a pistol or     
revolver4  7#c7 ,good standing ,the term
 good standing means1 with respect to an
 individual who is a law enforcement    
officer1 that the individual--  7,a7 is 
not currently the subject of any        
disciplinary action by the employing    
agency of such individual1 which could  

result in permanent loss of police      
powers and removal from such agency2 and
  7,b7 is not prohibited by ,federal law
 from receiving a firearm4  7#d7 ,law   
enforcement officer ,the term law       
enforcement officer has the meaning     
given such term under section #hdja of  
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#e7  
,licensee ,the term licensee has the    
meaning given such term in section      
#ajc7;j77#a7 of the ,brady ,handgun     
,violence ,prevention ,act 7#cd         
,u4,s4,c4 #djija7;j77#a774