S 2802
114th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative remedies
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' medical care
Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 14, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 14, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act
This bill amends the federal criminal code and other laws to raise the threshold that must be met with respect to disqualifying an individual, for reasons relating to mental health, from possessing or receiving a firearm. Specifically, such an individual must have been either adjudicated mentally incompetent or committed to a psychiatric hospital.
In addition, the bill excludes, for purposes of a determination of whether an individual is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm: (1) certain state health reports, and (2) specified determinations made by the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Social Security Administration.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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