Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025
Latest action · May 19, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 21, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 15, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 130 | On Passage | Passed234–182 | May 15, 2025 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2025Markup Mar 25, 2025Reported Apr 28, 2025 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 19, 2025 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- May 15, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 405. (consideration: CR H2067-2071)
- May 15, 2025Rule 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.
- May 15, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2255.
- May 15, 2025DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 2255.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2067–H2071Text printed H2067Recorded votes H2077enact | Jamie Raskin D-MD, Russell Fry R-SC | May 15, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2014–H2023Text printed H2014Amendments H2021Recorded votes H2022, H2023consideration (H. Res. 405), previous question | Adriano Espaillat D-NY, Chip Roy R-TX, Jason Crow D-CO, John J. McGuire III R-VA, Maxwell Frost D-FL, Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM (amendment) | May 14, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 21, 2025H.R. 2255, Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 25, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 52, March 21, 2025, page H1189.
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 20 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 405, the respective amendments in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in each such bill is considered as adopted. | Rules Committee | On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2025Referred in Senate
- May 15, 2025Engrossed in House
- Apr 28, 2025Reported in House
- Mar 21, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
