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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 705 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2023 

Mr. BOST (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BERGMAN, Ms. MACE, Mr. 

ROSENDALE, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mr. 

LUTTRELL, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. CRANE, Mr. SELF, Mrs. KIGGANS of 

Virginia, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. MANN, Mr. BANKS, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, 

Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. BAIRD, Mrs. 

BOEBERT, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. JACKSON of 

Texas, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. 

CLINE, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 

CRENSHAW, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

LATURNER, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. 

DESJARLAIS, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. CARL, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. 

HUIZENGA, and Mr. LAMBORN) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans 2nd Amend3 ment Protection Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF5 FAIRS TRANSMITTAL OF CERTAIN INFORMA6 TION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR 

7 USE BY THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL 

8 BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 38, United 

10 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5501A 

11 the following new section: 

12 ‘‘§ 5501B. Prohibition on transmittal of certain infor13 mation to the Department of Justice for 

14 use by the national instant criminal back15 ground check system 

16 ‘‘The Secretary may not transmit to any entity in the 

17 Department of Justice, for use by the national instant 

18 criminal background check system established under sec19 tion 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, 

20 personally identifiable information of a beneficiary, solely 

21 on the basis of a determination by the Secretary to pay 

22 benefits to a fiduciary for the use and benefit of the bene23 ficiary under section 5502 of this title, without the order 

24 or finding of a judge, magistrate, or other judicial author25 ity of competent jurisdiction that such beneficiary is a 

26 danger to themselves or others.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 at the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended 

3 by inserting after the item relating to section 5501A the 

4 following new item: 

‘‘5501B. Prohibition on transmittal of certain information to the Department 

of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background 

check system.’’. 

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