S.Amdt. 4758

1. Adds TITLE __--LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT OF 2008 at the in the amendment being amended

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   Inserted: TITLE __--LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT OF 2008

   Inserted: SEC. 01. SHORT TITLE.

   Inserted: This title may be cited as the "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2008".

   Inserted: SEC. 02. AMENDMENTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY PROVISIONS OF TITLE 18.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Section 926B of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(f) For purposes of this section, a law enforcement officer of the Amtrak Police Department or a law enforcement or police officer of the executive branch of the Federal Government qualifies as an employee of a governmental agency who is authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any violation of law, and has statutory powers of arrest.".

   Inserted: (b) Retired Law Enforcement Officers.--Section 926C of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (c)--

   Inserted: (A) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking "was regularly employed as a law enforcement officer for an aggregate of 15 years or more" and inserting "served as a law enforcement officer for an aggregate of 10 years or more";

   Inserted: (B) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(4) during the most recent 12-month period, has met, at the expense of the individual, the standards for qualification in firearms training for active law enforcement officers as set by the officer's former agency, the State in which the officer resides or, if the State has not established such standards, a law enforcement agency within the State in which the officer resides;"; and

   Inserted: (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;

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   Inserted: (2) in subsection (d)--

   Inserted: (A) in paragraph (1), by striking "to meet the standards established by the agency for training and qualification for active law enforcement officers to carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed firearm; or" and inserting "to meet the active duty standards for qualification in firearms training as established by the agency to carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed firearm or"; and

   Inserted: (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking "that indicates that the individual has, not less recently than 1 year before the date the individual is carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or otherwise found by the State to meet the standards established by the State for training and qualification for active law enforcement officers to carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed firearm." and inserting "or by a certified firearms instructor that is qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test for active duty officers within that State that indicates that the individual has, not less recently than 1 year before the date the individual is carrying the concealed firearms, been tested or otherwise found by the State or a certified firearms instructor that is qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test for active duty officers within that State to have met--

   Inserted: "(i) the active duty standards for qualification in firearms training as established by the State to carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed firearm; or

   Inserted: "(ii) if the State has not established such standards, standards set by any law enforcement agency within that State to carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed firearm."; and

   Inserted: (3) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(f) In this section, the term 'service with a public agency as a law enforcement officer' includes service as a law enforcement officer of the Amtrak Police Department or as a law enforcement or police officer of the executive branch of the Federal Government.".

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