Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This bill would clarify what mental health counseling means and end current abuses of veterans who seek counseling for conditions such as PTSD.
Title: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Description: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act This bill prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Department 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.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Last Action Date: February 3, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/629/all-info
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2 sponsors: Michael Conaway (R); Brad Wenstrup (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 3 2017 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. |
| House | Jan 24 2017 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 24 2017 | Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 1 2017 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
There have not been any votes on this bill