H.R. 1181
IntroducedVeterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 21.
3/22/2017 • Senate
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without the order or finding of a judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.
Passed House without amendment • 3/16/2017
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Originated in the House
Introduced
February 16, 2017
Committee Review
March 10, 2017
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-33.
Floor Debate
March 16, 2017
Passed Chamber
March 16, 2017
Other Chamber
March 21, 2017
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Related Bills (2)
H.R. 629
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
H.Res. 198
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1259) to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1367) to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1181) to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.