[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7557 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7557

To permit law enforcement officers of the Department of the Treasury to 
 carry service weapons to their place of residence while off duty, and 
                          for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2022

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To permit law enforcement officers of the Department of the Treasury to 
 carry service weapons to their place of residence while off duty, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Treasury Officer 
Protection Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
              TREASURY TO CARRY SERVICE WEAPON TO OFFICER'S PLACE OF 
              RESIDENCE.

    (a) In General.--Any law enforcement officer employed by the 
Department of the Treasury shall be allowed to carry the officer's 
service weapon to, and store the service weapon in, the officer's place 
of residence while such officer is off duty.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``law enforcement officer'' means an employee 
        the duties of whose position include--
                    (A) the investigation, apprehension, or detention 
                of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses 
                against the criminal laws of the United States; or
                    (B) the protection of officials of the United 
                States against threats to personal safety; and
            (2) the term ``service weapon'' means any firearm (as that 
        term is defined in section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United States 
        Code) used by a law enforcement officer when carrying out the 
        officer's official duties.
                                 <all>