United States · Bill · S
S. 3706 (116th)
A bill to allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes.
Introduced
13 May 2020
Last action
13 May 2020 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
John Cornyn, Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Tom Cotton
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
This bill generally permits a federal law enforcement officer to purchase a retired handgun from the agency that issued a handgun to the officer. The bill directs the General Services Administration to develop policies to facilitate the sale and disposition of eligible handguns.
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Timeline
13 May 2020
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
13 May 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 13 May 2020 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 May 2020
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 May 2020
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 13 May 2020
Sponsors
- John Cornyn · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Tom Cotton · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3706
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/3706
- us · 116-s-3706 · source updated 10 August 2026