Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 4, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Republican
IntroducedFeb 4, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 51 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 170 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 114 words
- Subjects
- Criminal justice information and recordsDisability and paralysisFirearms and explosivesGovernment information and archivesMilitary personnel and dependents
- Latest action
- Mar 6, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]