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Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, 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.
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms.
Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.
SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
House floor actionsConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1300. (consideration: CR H3684-3692)
Floor Vote
Passed the House
House floor actionsRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1300 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1041, H.R. 6047 and H.R. 1329. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1041, H.R. 6047, and H.R. 1329 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-143.
House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Library of CongressIntroduced in House
House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced
Committee
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Members who spoke about this bill on the floor, in their own words from the Congressional Record.
Republicans9 spoke
For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Leger Fernandez), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
I just wanted to take a moment to talk about this bipartisan effort to build the women's history museum. The reality is this was a museum that was first authorized in 2020 with bipartisan support and signed into law by President Donald Trump.
This bill would restore Second Amendment rights to the veterans who valiantly served our Nation but whose constitutional right to bear arms has been stripped away by unelected bureaucrats.
I rise today in strong support of the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act. I am proud to represent El Paso County and the 100,000 veterans and Active-Duty servicemembers who live there. These heroes committed their lives in service to the Nation and in protection of our Constitution.
Chairman Bost's commonsense bill stops the VA from automatically feeding veterans' names into the background check system. It protects the Second Amendment rights of the men and women who fought for ours.
I missed a series of votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 182, NAY on Roll Call No. 183, AYE on Roll Call No. 184, YEA on Roll Call No. 185, and AYE on Roll Call No. 186.
President Trump has not used his first 18 months in office to reduce costs or end foreign wars like he promised--quite the opposite. Last week, he said he doesn't ``think about Americans' financial situation.''
I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 1041, legislation that would prevent VA from keeping firearms out of the hands of some of the most vulnerable veterans in the VA system.
The facts are clear. Veterans are far more likely to die by firearm suicide than the average American. That risk is even higher for veterans assigned a fiduciary when they can no longer manage their own affairs. That is the group that this bill targets.
Every day, 17 veterans die by suicide, and 13 of them use a firearm to take their lives. That number is simply unacceptable to me, as I know it is to all of my colleagues, but I am deeply concerned that, with this bill, we are about to make it worse.
This bill is focused on bathrooms and pronouns, and it is a crazy turn of events for the party to be telling local communities what they can and can't do, and it is one of 126 trans-obsessed bills introduced in this Congress. That is an insane number. The majority has already passed nine.
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