Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2026

John Cornyn

Republican · TX · Senator

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• Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)Original· 2026-03-17
• James C. Justice (R-WV)Original· 2026-03-17
• James E. Risch (R-ID)Original· 2026-03-17
• James Lankford (R-OK)Original· 2026-03-17
• Lindsey Graham (R-SC)Original· 2026-03-17
• Mike Crapo (R-ID)Original· 2026-03-17
• Pete Ricketts (R-NE)Original· 2026-03-17
• Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)Original· 2026-03-17
• Steve Daines (R-MT)Original· 2026-03-17
• Ted Budd (R-NC)Original· 2026-03-17
• Ted Cruz (R-TX)Original· 2026-03-17

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-03-17

Source: Congress.gov

Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2026 This bill directs the General Services Administration to establish a program under which a federal law enforcement officer may purchase a retired firearm from the agency that issued the firearm to the officer.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4117 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4117 To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. <all>

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