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                                                  Union Calendar No. 57
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2255

                          [Report No. 119-80]

 To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service 
                    weapons, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2025

   Mr. Fry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                             April 28, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               21, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service 
                    weapons, and for other purposes.


 


    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 ``Federal Law Enforcement Officer 
Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PURCHASE OF RETIRED FIREARMS BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              OFFICERS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall establish a 
program under which a Federal law enforcement officer may purchase a 
retired firearm from the Federal agency that issued the firearm to such 
officer.
    (b) Limitations.--A Federal law enforcement officer may purchase a 
retired firearm under subsection (a) if--
            (1) the purchase is made during the six-month period 
        beginning on the date the firearm was so retired; and
            (2) with respect to such purchase, the officer is in good 
        standing with the Federal agency that employs or employed such 
        officer.
    (c) Cost.--A firearm purchased under this section shall be sold at 
the salvage value for such firearm taking into account the age and 
condition of the firearm.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Federal law enforcement officer'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 115(c)(1) of title 18, 
        United States Code, and includes a retired Federal law 
        enforcement officer;
            (2) the term ``firearm'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, excluding any 
        machinegun (as defined in section 921(a)(24) of such title) not 
        lawfully possessed before section 922(o) of such title took 
        effect;
            (3) the term ``retired firearm'' means any firearm that has 
        been declared surplus by the applicable agency; and
            (4) the term ``salvage value'' means the value of an asset 
        after it has become useless to the owner or the amount expected 
        to be obtained when a fixed asset is disposed of at the end of 
        its useful life.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 57

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2255

                          [Report No. 119-80]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service 
                    weapons, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 28, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed