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Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025

Official title: A bill 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.

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What This Bill Does

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.

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Timeline

  1. SenateCommittee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
  2. Library of CongressIntroduced in Senate
  3. SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Introduced
  5. Committee

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