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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GP
108TH CONGRESS
1st Session
SENATE
Calendar No. 29
REPORT
108-29
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT OF 2003
MARCH 26, 2003.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL AND MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany S. 253]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill
(S. 253) to amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified
current and former law enforcement officers from state laws pro-
hibiting the carrying of concealed firearms, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon, and recommends that the bill
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. P u rpose ........................................................................................................... 1
II. Background on the legislation ..................................................................... 2
III. N eed for the legislation ............................................................................... 3
IV . H earin gs ......................................................................................................... 5
V. Com m ittee consideration .............................................................................. 6
VI. Section-by-section analysis and discussion ................................................. 9
VII. Congressional Budget Office cost estimate ................................................. 9
VIII. Regulatory im pact statem ent ........................................................................ 10
IX. M inority views of Senator Kohl .................................................................... 11
X. M inority views of Senator Kennedy ............................................................. 12
XI. Changes in existing law ................................................................................ 20
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 253, the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act
of 2003, is to amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize
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