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This bill would stop the Department of Veterans Affairs from sending certain personal information about veterans and other VA beneficiaries to the Department of Justice for the background check system used when someone buys a gun, if the only reason is that the person has a service-connected disability. In simple terms, it is meant to keep a veteran’s disability status from being used by itself as a reason to share their information for gun background checks.
- It applies to information sent to the Department of Justice for the national instant criminal background check system.
- The restriction would cover personally identifiable information about veterans and other beneficiaries.
- The VA could not send this information solely because it determined that a person has a service-connected disability under veterans law.
Official Summaries
Defending Veterans' Second Amendment Rights Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from transmitting personally identifiable information of veterans or their beneficiaries to the national instant criminal background check system utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms solely on the basis that a veteran has a service-connected disability.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 962 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 962
To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain
information to the Department of Justice for use by the national
instant criminal background check system.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 4, 2025
Mr. Roy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain
information to the Department of Justice for use by the national
instant criminal background check system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Defending Veterans' Second Amendment
Rights Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TRANSMITTAL OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR USE
BY THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not transmit to any entity in
the Department of Justice, for use by the national instant criminal
background check system established under section 103 of the Brady
Handgun Violence Prevention Act, personally identifiable information on
veterans and other beneficiaries, solely on the basis of a
determination by the Secretary under chapter 11 of title 38, United
States Code, that a person has a service-connected disability.
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