HR 1041
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
Summary
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms. Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL-12]
- Cosponsors
- 70
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- 2025-02-06
- Latest action
- 2026-06-02: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2026-06-02: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2026-05-21: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-05-21: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-05-21: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 201 (Roll no. 190). (text: CR H3684-3685)
- 2026-05-21: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 201 (Roll no. 190). (text: CR H3684-3685)