HR 2547
111th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Veterans' medical care
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
May 21, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 21, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, considering 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 judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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