{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=93", "Congressman Russell Fry (SC-07) Introduces the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act", "2023-05-08", "2023", "2023-05", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Russell Fry", "F000478", "fry.house.gov", "fry", "https://fry.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Ahead of National Police Week, Congressman Russell Fry (SC-07) introduced the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act. This legislation would allow current federal law enforcement officers in good standing to purchase a retired service weapon at market value from a federal agency.\n\nCurrent federal regulations require all federal agencies, such as the U.S. Secret Service or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to destroy their weapons after they\u2019re retired from official use.\n\n\u201cThis legislation would give active federal law enforcement officers the option to personally purchase their weapon after it has been retired by the agency. Taxpayers are paying for these weapons twice \u2014 when they go into circulation and when they are retired,\u201d said Congressman Russell Fry. \u201cNot only does this have the potential to save millions of dollars in waste, but it would offset the cost of purchasing new weapons and fund other agency expenses.\u201d\n\nThis bill is endorsed by the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the National Association of Police Organizations, the Fraternal Order of Police, Women in Federal Law Enforcement, and the National Treasury Employees Union.\n\nCongressman Fry serves on both the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight Committee and is also the Republican freshman class president. To stay up to date with Congressman Fry and his work for the Seventh District, follow his official Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages and visit his website at fry.house.gov\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:55:44Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=93"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0548979043960571, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}