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HR 2255 Passed a chamber

Requires the General Services Administration to set up a program letting federal law enforcement officers buy their retired service firearms from the agency that issued them, at salvage value.

Official title: Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 21-MAR-2025
Referred 21-MAR-2025
Approved by committee 25-MAR-2025
Reported 28-APR-2025
On the calendar 28-APR-2025
Passed 15-MAY-2025
Senate
Received 19-MAY-2025
Key points
  • Requires the General Services Administration to establish the program no later than one year after enactment.
  • Allows an officer to buy a retired firearm within six months of its retirement, if the officer is in good standing with the employing agency.
  • Sets the price at salvage value, based on the firearm's age and condition.
  • Excludes certain machineguns from the definition of firearm unless they were lawfully possessed before section 922(o) of title 18 took effect.
AI-generated from the Referred in Senate text of 19-MAY-2025 · verify · report an error
Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (21-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-MAY-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor Russell Fry (R-SC) Cosponsors · 0

No cosponsors.