Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025 requires the General Services Administration Administrator to establish a retired-firearm purchase program within one year. Under the program, a federal law-enforcement officer, including a retired officer, may purchase a retired firearm from the federal agency that issued the firearm to that officer. The purchase must occur during the six-month period beginning on the date the firearm was retired, and the officer must be in good standing with the current or former employing agency. The firearm is sold at salvage value, taking into account the firearm's age and condition. The bill uses the title 18 definition of federal law-enforcement officer, defines retired firearm as a firearm declared surplus by the applicable agency, defines salvage value as the expected disposal value at the end of useful life, and excludes machineguns not lawfully possessed before the federal machinegun cutoff took effect.
Who Benefits and How
Active federal law-enforcement officers, retired federal law-enforcement officers, agency armorers, federal law-enforcement unions, officers who carried specific service weapons, and federal agencies disposing of surplus firearms benefit from a formal purchase pathway, a six-month buying window, clear good-standing criteria, and salvage-value pricing for retired service firearms.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The General Services Administration, GSA personal-property staff, issuing federal law-enforcement agencies, agency firearms program managers, agency legal offices, good-standing reviewers, surplus-property officials, and ineligible officers must establish the program, verify eligibility, determine salvage value, manage six-month windows, exclude prohibited machineguns, and process firearm transfers.
Key Provisions
- Requires GSA to establish a retired-firearm purchase program within one year.
- Allows active and retired federal law-enforcement officers to buy retired firearms from the issuing agency.
- Limits purchases to a six-month period after the firearm is retired and to officers in good standing.
- Requires sales at salvage value based on age and condition.
- Defines federal law-enforcement officer, firearm, retired firearm, and salvage value, and excludes most machineguns.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires GSA within one year to establish a program allowing active and retired federal law-enforcement officers in good standing to buy retired firearms from the issuing federal agency during the six-month period after retirement of the firearm, at salvage value, excluding most machineguns not lawfully possessed before 18 U.S.C. 922(o) took effect.
Key Policy Areas
Law Enforcement, Federal Administration, Firearms
Primary Purpose
Requires GSA within one year to establish a program allowing active and retired federal law-enforcement officers in good standing to buy retired firearms from the issuing federal agency during the six-month period after retirement of the firearm, at salvage value, excluding most machineguns not lawfully possessed before 18 U.S.C. 922(o) took effect.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Active federal law-enforcement officers
- Retired federal law-enforcement officers
- Agency armorers
- Federal law-enforcement unions
- Officers who carried specific service weapons
- Federal agencies disposing of surplus firearms
Identified Costs
- General Services Administration
- GSA personal-property staff
- Issuing federal law-enforcement agencies
- Agency firearms program managers
- Agency legal offices
- Good-standing reviewers
- Surplus-property officials
- Ineligible officers
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 234 - …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 234 - …
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas …
DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 2255.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. …
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2240, H.R. 2243 and …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Active federal law-enforcement officers, Agency firearms program managers, Ineligible officers
Positive-direction: Active federal law-enforcement officers, Retired federal law-enforcement officers
Negative-direction: Agency firearms program managers, Ineligible officers, Issuing federal law-enforcement agencies
General Services Administration, Surplus-property officials
On Passage
Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "administrator"
- → Administrator of General Services
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