Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act

Bill: 118-hr-5286
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-08-25
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

Disability and paralysis

Firearms and explosives

Government information and archives

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-08-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Defending Veterans' Second Amendment Rights Act</strong></p> <p>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. </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5286 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 25, 2023 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Crane , Mr. Gooden of Texas , Mr. Clyde , Mr. Harris , and Mrs. Miller of Illinois ) 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act . 2. 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 identifiable 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.