Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2026
Key claim: The bill would direct GSA to set up a program letting federal law enforcement officers buy the retired service firearms their agencies issued to them.
Abstract
(S4117 · 119th Congress) Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2026 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. Latest action (2026-03-17): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Why this matters
The bill would formalize a GSA-run disposition pathway for retired federal law enforcement service weapons, giving officers a direct purchase option rather than routing surplus firearms through general federal property disposal channels. Practically, it standardizes personnel firearms policy across federal law enforcement agencies and creates a modest administrative role for GSA; fiscally, revenues would offset disposal costs but the program is narrow in scope.