Bill > HR496

This bill aims to restore Second Amendment rights for veterans who have been designated as mentally incompetent by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill requires the VA Secretary to notify the Attorney General within 30 days of enactment that the previous transmission of veterans' personal information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) was improper or no longer applicable. The bill clarifies that a VA determination of mental incompetence or the assignment of a fiduciary to manage a veteran's benefits is not sufficient grounds to classify a veteran as mentally defective for the purpose of firearm ownership restrictions under federal law. This means that veterans who have been deemed unable to manage their own financial affairs or have been assigned a fiduciary will no longer automatically lose their firearms rights. The bill is designed to protect veterans' Second Amendment rights by preventing administrative determinations about financial management from being used to restrict gun ownership.

Health and Social Services, Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/496/all-info