HR 2255 · 119th CongressIn committee

Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act

In plain language: Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act This bill directs the General Services Administration to establish a program under which a federal law enforcement officer may purchase a retired firearm from the agency that issued the firearm to the officer.

Provisional — our plain-language summary, pending review.

May 19, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 15, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 234 - 182 (Roll no. 130). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2067)
May 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 234 - 182 (Roll no. 130). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2067)
May 14, 2025Rule H. Res. 405 passed House.
May 13, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 405 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2240, H.R. 2243 and H.R. 2255. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2240, H.R. 2243, and H.R. 2255. All bills are being considered under a closed rule with each bill having one motion to recommit.
Apr 28, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-80.
Apr 28, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-80.
Mar 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 9.
Mar 21, 2025Introduced in House
Mar 21, 2025Introduced in House

Provisionalunreviewed: provisions, stakeholders, summary

People affected—The bill applies to 'federal law enforcement officers' as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 115(c)(1), a population that numbers in the hundreds of thousands across federal agencies, but participation is voluntary and the program only applies when a specific weapon is retired — the actual number of transactions is not determinable from the text.

Fiscal magnitudeest. ≤ $500KCBO cost estimate (H.R. 2255, House Judiciary 2025-04-21, pub 61349): deficit-neutral; implementation costs less than $500,000 over 2025-2035, with offsetting gun-sale receipts. Stored as the 500000 ceiling, qualified upper_bound (display: est. <$500K).

Reach18rigor: cbo primary

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What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

The General Services Administration must create a program, within one year of enactment, allowing active and retired federal law enforcement officers to buy their agency-issued service firearms after those guns are declared surplus.
Sec. 2(a)provisional
A federal law enforcement officer may only make such a purchase within the six-month window after the firearm is retired (declared surplus) by the agency.
Sec. 2(b)(1)provisional
A federal law enforcement officer must be in good standing with their employing (or former employing) agency to be eligible to purchase a retired service firearm.
Sec. 2(b)(2)provisional
The purchase price for a retired service firearm is set at its salvage value — the estimated worth of the asset based on its age and condition at end of useful life — not at market or original cost.
Sec. 2(c)provisional
Machineguns not lawfully possessed before the federal ban on new civilian machinegun transfers (18 U.S.C. § 922(o)) are explicitly excluded from the firearms eligible for purchase under this program.
Sec. 2(d)(2)provisional

Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

Active and retired federal law enforcement officersOfficers who served with a federal agency may purchase their agency-issued service firearms after retirement of the weapon, at salvage (below-market) cost, provided they are in good standing — gaining a right to acquire a familiar firearm at a discounted price (Provisions 1, 2, 3, 4).provisional

Who it burdens

General Services AdministrationGSA must design and administer a new federal program within one year of enactment, including establishing procedures for valuing surplus firearms, verifying officer eligibility, and processing sales (Provision 1).provisional
Federal law enforcement agenciesAgencies that issue service firearms must participate in the program, verify that purchasing officers are in good standing, and sell retired weapons at salvage value rather than through other disposal channels (Provisions 1, 3, 4).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) — coming in a later phase.

Issues

What this bill touches.

Role of government−15Firearms−22

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