S 3167
110th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Families
Firearms
Firearms control
Mental health
Mentally disabled
Military dependents
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
Introduced: June 19, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 19, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 19, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5837-5838)
Jun 19, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - Prohibits considering a veteran, surviving spouse, or child 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 judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such veteran, surviving spouse, or child is a danger to him- or herself or others.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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