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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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108TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 108-560
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT OF 2003
JUNE 22, 2004.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. COBLE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS AND ADDITIONAL DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 218]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 218) to amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt quali-
fied current and former law enforcement officers from State laws
prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
The A m endm ent ...................................................................................................... 2
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 3
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 3
H earings ................................................................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 5
V ote of the Com m ittee ............................................................................................ 5
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 10
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 10
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 10
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ........................................................................ 11
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 11
Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion .......................................................... 11
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 12
M arkup Transcript ................................................................................................. . 15
D issenting V iew s ..................................................................................................... 79
Additional Dissenting View s ................................................................................... 81](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.congrecreports/crptxhzh0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)