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.

Bill: 116-hr-3450
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2019-06-24
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

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Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Committee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or their beneficiary to the national instant criminal background check system utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms solely on the basis that such veteran has a service-connected disability.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3450 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2019 Mr. Roy (for himself and Mr. Bost ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 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.

1. 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 identifying 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.