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HR 2001 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Firearms and explosives Licensing and registrations Mental health Veterans' medical care

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Introduced: April 23, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Apr 23, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 23, 2015
Introduced in House
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Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 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 judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.

What's happening now April 23, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
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Loudermilk, Barry
Georgia · Sep 7, 2016
Rooney, Thomas
· Sep 7, 2016
Knight, Stephen
· Jun 4, 2015
Abraham, Ralph
· Apr 28, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2001: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2001/
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"H.R. 2001: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2001/.
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H.R. 2001, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2001/.
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