Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025
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Would allow federal law enforcement officers — including retirees — to purchase their agency-issued service firearms once those weapons are declared surplus, at salvage value, within a six-month window after the firearm is retired from service.
What this bill would do
What it would do
The bill would direct the Administrator of General Services to establish, within one year of enactment, a program allowing federal law enforcement officers to buy back the specific firearm their agency issued to them once that weapon is declared surplus. Purchases must happen within six months of the firearm's retirement date, the officer must be in good standing with the employing or former employing agency, and the sale price must reflect salvage value — accounting for the weapon's age and condition. The definition of eligible officer includes both active and retired federal law enforcement officers.
The bill excludes machineguns not lawfully possessed before the relevant federal prohibition took effect. It creates no new grant, appropriation, or broader firearms policy; it is limited to this narrow resale pathway for surplus agency-issued weapons.
Key provisions
- 1Would require the GSA Administrator to establish a surplus service-weapon purchase program for federal law enforcement officers within one year of enactment.
- 2Would allow purchases only within six months of the firearm's retirement date and only if the officer is in good standing with the issuing agency.
- 3Would set the sale price at salvage value, reflecting the weapon's age and condition.
- 4Would extend eligibility to retired federal law enforcement officers, in addition to active officers.
Who would be affected
Active and retired federal law enforcement officers whose agencies issue them firearms — a population defined by 18 U.S.C. § 115(c)(1). Federal agencies that employ these officers would participate in the program by declaring firearms surplus and completing sales. The General Services Administration would design and administer the program.
Why it matters
Federal officers who wish to keep the specific firearm they trained with and carried would gain a defined legal pathway to purchase it at a discounted salvage price rather than having the weapon disposed of through other surplus channels. Agencies would have a structured, time-limited process for handling these transactions instead of managing them on an ad hoc basis.
What would change
Agencies directed to act
Effective dates
- GSA must establish the surplus firearm purchase program
Funding and costs
Congressional Budget Office estimate
CBO estimates H.R. 2255 would reduce direct spending (via offsetting receipts from handgun sales) by more than $500,000 over the 2025–2035 period, with administrative costs under $500,000 over 2025–2030.
H.R. 2255 would allow federal law enforcement officers to purchase their retired service handguns at salvage value from their issuing agency. CBO estimates that collections from those sales would be recorded as offsetting receipts — reductions in direct (mandatory) spending — and could exceed $500,000 over the 2025–2035 period; for example, under a plausible scenario, receipts could total roughly $2 million over that window. Administrative costs for the General Services Administration and law enforcement agencies to implement the program are estimated at less than $500,000 over 2025–2030, subject to future appropriations. CBO identified no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates in the bill.
How implementation would work
The General Services Administration must design and stand up the program within one year of enactment, setting the administrative rules for how purchases are processed. Individual federal agencies would determine when a firearm is declared surplus and confirm an officer's good-standing status. Once a firearm is retired, a six-month purchase window opens; officers must complete the transaction within that period. Pricing is set at salvage value — the weapon's residual worth given age and condition — rather than original or market cost. The bill sets no reporting requirements and names no enforcement mechanism beyond the program's built-in eligibility conditions.
Legislative status & sources
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Official CRS summary
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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.
Legislative subjects
Crime and Law Enforcement; Firearms and explosives; Government buildings, facilities, and property; Law enforcement officers
Committee report
H. Rept. 119-80