Federal officers get discounted access to surplus government weapons.
S. 4117 — Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2026 · Filed by John Cornyn (R-TX) · 12 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 17, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill creates a program allowing federal law enforcement officers (including retired ones) to buy firearms their agencies have declared surplus, at salvage value, within six months of retirement. The officer must be in good standing with their agency. The General Services Administration has one year to set up the program.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is to create a purchase program for surplus firearms available to federal law enforcement officers at salvage value. It is a narrow employee benefit, not a public-safety measure, regulatory change, or appropriation.
What the text implies
- Establishes precedent for federal employee access to surplus government weapons; could be expanded to other federal occupational groups in future legislation.
- Salvage-value pricing may result in significant discounts relative to commercial market rates, creating an implicit subsidy to federal law enforcement personnel.
- Six-month purchase window creates time pressure and may incentivize rapid acquisition without full deliberation.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill creates a narrow occupational benefit (discounted firearm access for federal law enforcement) with no clear public safety or civic gain. However, it does not restrict citizen rights, impose new costs on the public, or create a liability shield—it is a straightforward employee benefit. The public interest is neither substantially advanced nor substantially harmed.
Who stands to gain
- federal law enforcement officers (occupational group receiving discounted firearm access)
Named in the bill
General Services Administration (GSA), Federal law enforcement officers, Federal agencies (issuing and retiring firearms), 18 U.S.C. § 115(c)(1), 18 U.S.C. § 921(a), 18 U.S.C. § 922(o)
Where it stands
12 cosponsors: 12 Republicans.
- Mar 17, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Mar 17, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $40,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 24 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
John Cornyn, the sponsor, reported $2,017,484 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association — $40,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 10, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,740 characters) on Oct 31, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 10, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-31.
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