Law Enforcement Officers Safety COVID Extension Act of 2021
This bill allows a retired law enforcement officer to carry concealed firearms in calendar years 2021 and 2022 if the retired officer met the federal qualification requirements (e.g., training standards) to carry concealed firearms during calendar year 2019.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an exception for 
certain qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed 
                    firearm, 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 ``Law Enforcement Officers Safety 
COVID Extension Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. CARRYING OF CONCEALED FIREARMS BY QUALIFIED RETIRED LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    Section 926C of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law of any State 
or any political subdivision thereof, an individual shall be a 
`qualified retired law enforcement officer' under subsection (c), for 
the calendar years 2021 and 2022, if such retired law enforcement 
officer meets the standards for qualification in firearms training for 
an active duty law enforcement officer to carry a firearm, as 
determined by the former agency of the individual, the State in which 
the individual resides, or if the State has not established such 
standards either a law enforcement agency within the State in which the 
individual resides or the standards used by a certified firearms 
instructor that is qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test 
for active duty officers in that State, at the expense of such 
individual, during the calendar year 2019.''.
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Law Enforcement Officers Safety COVID Extension Act of 2021
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an exception for certain qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm, and for other purposes.
Law Enforcement Officers Safety COVID Extension Act of 2021
Rep. Bacon, Don