Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025
March 21, 2025
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Where This Stands
Currently in_committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
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View official text →The Frame
This bill establishes a new process for federal law enforcement officers to acquire their issued service firearms upon retirement or , potentially impacting how federal agencies dispose of equipment and how officers obtain personal property.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Federal law enforcement officers
They gain the legal option to purchase their issued service weapons at salvage value upon retirement or surplus.
General Services Administration
The agency is mandated to create and oversee the administrative program for firearm sales.
Current stage: in_committee.
Floor Vote.
Summary
Key Facts
- The Administrator of General Services must establish a program for federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons within one year of the bill's enactment.
- Officers must be in 'good standing' with their employing agency to be eligible for the purchase.
- Purchases must occur within a six-month window starting from the date the firearm is declared retired/surplus.
- Firearms must be sold at their 'salvage value,' accounting for the age and condition of the weapon.
- The program applies to both active and retired federal law enforcement officers.
- Machineguns are explicitly excluded from the purchase program unless they were lawfully possessed before the enactment of 18 U.S.C. 922(o).
- The bill defines 'retired firearm' as any firearm declared surplus by the issuing agency.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can any federal employee buy a retired service weapon?
How is the price of the firearm determined?
Are all types of firearms eligible for purchase?
Why It Matters
This bill establishes a new process for federal law enforcement officers to acquire their issued service firearms upon retirement or , potentially impacting how federal agencies dispose of equipment and how officers obtain personal property.
News Coverage
Voting Record
Total
416
Yes
234
No
182
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (416)
Sara Jacobs
D · no
Darren Soto
D · no
Ayanna Pressley
D · no
Barry Loudermilk
R · yes
Jennifer McClellan
D · no
Ken Calvert
R · yes
Sean Casten
D · no
Herbert Conaway
D · no
Erin Houchin
R · yes
Robin Kelly
D · no
Marilyn Strickland
D · no
Haley Stevens
D · no
Morgan Luttrell
R · yes
Eric Burlison
R · yes
Suhas Subramanyam
D · no
Rick Allen
R · yes
Gwen Moore
D · no
Sarah Elfreth
D · no
Robert Latta
R · yes
Sam Graves
R · yes
William Timmons
R · yes
Terri Sewell
D · no
Eric Crawford
R · yes
Bruce Westerman
R · yes
+ 392 more
Sponsors
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Standardization of Surplus Disposal
The bill seeks to formalize a uniform federal policy for the disposal of service weapons to officers, rather than leaving it to individual agency discretion.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.congress.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance35How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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