Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice … Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 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.
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Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms.
Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
- DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
- DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Veterans Employment & Training Service
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 478: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-478/
"S. 478: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-478/.
S. 478, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-478/.
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