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H.R.1181 - Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act115th Congress (2017-2018) |

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Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] (Introduced 02/16/2017)
Committees: House - Veterans' Affairs
Committee Reports: H. Rept. 115-33
Latest Action: Senate - 03/22/2017 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 21.  (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes: There has been 1 roll call vote

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This bill has the status Passed House

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  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Became Law

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Summary: H.R.1181 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)All Information (Except Text)

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Passed House without amendment (03/16/2017)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

(Sec. 2) 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.