Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Police Officers Protecting Children Act”.
Police Officers Protecting Children Act
A BILL
To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in school zones.
Sec. 2 Certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers allowed to carry a concealed firearm, and discharge a firearm, in a school zone
Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (2)(B)—
in clause (vi), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon; and
by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (ix) and inserting after clause (vi) the following:
“(vii) by a qualified law enforcement officer, as defined in section 926B, who is authorized under that section to carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed;
“(viii) by a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined in section 926C, who is authorized under that section to carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed; or”
in paragraph (3)(B)—
in clause (iii), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;
in clause (iv), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(v) by a qualified law enforcement officer, as defined in section 926B, who is authorized under that section to carry a concealed firearm; or
“(vi) by a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined in section 926C, who is authorized under that section to carry a concealed firearm.”