18 USC § 4050 - Secure firearms storage

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s4050"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 4050 - Secure firearms storage"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "4050"
section_name: "Secure firearms storage"
chapter_number: 303
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "PRISONS AND PRISONERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–391, title II, § 202(a), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5216.)"
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# § 4050. Secure firearms storage

**(a)** **Definitions.—** In this section—

**(1)** the term “employee” means a qualified law enforcement officer employed by the Bureau of Prisons; and

**(2)** the terms “firearm” and “qualified law enforcement officer” have the meanings given those terms under section 926B.

**(b)** **Secure Firearms Storage.—** The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution—

**(1)**

**(A)** provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for employees to store firearms; or

**(B)** allows employees to store firearms in a vehicle lockbox approved by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons; and

**(2)** notwithstanding any other provision of law, allows employees to carry concealed firearms on the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the institution.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–391, title II, § 202(a), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5216.)