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Federal · 119th Congress
HR962Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act
Direction
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Prohibits VA from sharing disability info with DOJ/NICS, so veterans with service-connected disabilities are less likely to be flagged as prohibited from buying guns.
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.
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Introduced (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
President
Law
Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2025-03-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Filed
2025-02-04
Committee
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill restricts the VA's ability to report certain veterans' information to NICS based solely on service-connected disability determinations, thereby reducing background-check barriers to firearm purchases for those veterans.
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