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Veterans 2nd Amendment Restoration Act of 2025
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify the Attorney General that basis for the transmission of certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system was improper, does not apply, or no longer applies, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify the Attorney General that transmitting information to the national instant criminal background check system about veterans based solely on having a VA-appointed fiduciary manage their benefits was improper and no longer applies. The bill specifies that a VA determination of mental incompetency or need for a fiduciary is not sufficient by itself to disqualify a person from firearm ownership under federal law. These provisions apply retroactively to all information transmitted to the background check system since November 30, 1993. The notification must be made within 30 days of the bill's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Elijah Crane’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $235,256
- REITRED $17,341
- SITE DEVELOPMENT $16,377
- AUTISM ACADEMY $10,969
- SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Elijah Crane → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Feb 20, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. · house
- Jan 16, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Jan 16, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Crane introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify the Attorney General that basis for the transmission of certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system was improper, does not apply, or no longer applies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans 2nd Amendment Restoration Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF LACK OF BASIS FOR THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO HAVE TRANSMITTED CERTAIN INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR USE BY THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, within 30 days of enactment of this Act, and in accordance with section 40901(e)(1)(D) of title 34, United States Code, notify the Attorney General that the basis for the transmittal, on or after November 30, 1993, by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, of personally identifiable information of a beneficiary, solely on the basis of a determination by the Secretary to pay benefits to a fiduciary for the use and benefit of the beneficiary under section 5502 of this title 38, United States Code, to any entity in the Department of Justice, for use by the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, was improper, does not apply, or no longer applies.
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS THAT A PERSON IS MENTALLY INCOMPETENT IS INSUFFICIENT TO TREAT SUCH PERSON AS A MENTAL DEFECTIVE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES REGARDING FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION.
For purposes of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, a person shall not be treated as having been adjudicated as a mental defective solely on the basis that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has determined that such person—
(1) is mentally incompetent under section 3.353 of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulation); or
(2) requires a fiduciary under section 5502 of title 38, United States Code. <all>
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