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H.R. 962 119th Congress House

Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act

Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.

Introduced: February 4, 2025 Introduced by: Chip Roy Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Criminal justice information and recordsDisability and paralysisFirearms and explosivesGovernment information and archivesMilitary personnel and dependents
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 6, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced in House
Feb 4, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Defending Veterans' Second Amendment Rights Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from transmitting personally identifiable information of veterans or their beneficiaries to the national instant criminal background check system utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms solely on the basis that a veteran has a service-connected disability.

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Hamadeh, Abraham J.
Arizona · Jul 10, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 962: Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-962/
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"H.R. 962: Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-962/.
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H.R. 962, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-962/.
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[H.R. 962: Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-962/)
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