Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Mental health, VA and veterans involving gun ownership and mental health issues.
Title: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
Subject: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations: Mental health: Veterans' medical care: Armed forces and national security
Description: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), 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.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114.
Last Action Date: July 19, 2013
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN00602:@@@L&summ2=m&
Companion Bill: HB577
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1 sponsors: Miller, Jeff
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jul 19 2013 | Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 113-159. |
| House | Jul 19 2013 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114. |
| House | May 8 2013 | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. |
| House | May 8 2013 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| House | May 8 2013 | Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged. |
| House | Apr 16 2013 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| House | Feb 22 2013 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. |
| House | Feb 8 2013 | Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 19 2013 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Introduced | Jul 20 2013 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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