Govoptes

HR 496 ยท Veterans 2nd Amendment Restoration Act of 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Introduced
Jan 16, 2025
Latest action
Feb 20, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Elijah Crane [R-AZ-2]
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Cosponsors
1

Summary

Veterans 2nd Amendment Restoration Act of 2025 This bill provides that certain individuals are not prohibited from purchasing, selling, or possessing a firearm or ammunition solely because the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has determined they require a fiduciary or are mentally incompetent (i.e., unable to manage their affairs). Under current law, it is unlawful to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person who has been adjudicated as mentally defective. The bill provides that a person must not be treated as having been adjudicated as mentally defective solely because the VA determined the person requires a fiduciary or is mentally incompetent per its regulations. Within 30 days of the enactment of this bill, the VA must notify the Department of Justice (DOJ) that the VA's transmittals of certain information that was provided solely on the basis that a veteran's benefits are managed by a fiduciary were improper, do not apply, or no longer apply. This applies to VA transmittals to DOJ on or after November 30, 1993, for use by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for firearm transferees.

Recent actions

  1. Feb 20, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  2. Jan 16, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  3. Jan 16, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jan 16, 2025 Introduced in House
  5. Jan 16, 2025 Introduced in House

Votes

No recorded votes are available for this bill.

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