Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4117 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4117

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

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2026

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Daines, Mr. Graham,
  Mr. Justice, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Risch, Mr.
  Wicker, and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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 2026''.

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.
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