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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GP
107TH CONGRESS
2d Session
SENATE
Calendar No. 761
REPORT
107-345
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT OF 2002
NOVEMBER 19, 2002.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. LEAHY, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany S. 2480]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill
(S. 2480) 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, as
amended, do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. P u rpose ........................................................................................................... 1
II. Background on the Legislation ................................................................... 2
III. N eed for the Legislation ................................................................................ 2
IV . H earin gs ......................................................................................................... 5
V. Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 5
VI. Votes of the Com m ittee ............................................................................... 6
VII. Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion ............................................... 6
VIII. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .............................................. 7
IX. Regulatory Im pact Statem ent ..................................................................... 8
X. M inority View of Senator Kennedy ............................................................. 9
XI. Changes in Existing Law .............................................................................. 14
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 2480, the Law Enforcement Officers Safety
Act of 2002, is to amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize
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