Bill > S478

This bill, called the "Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025," aims to prevent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from automatically reporting certain veterans' personal information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which is used for firearm purchase background checks. Currently, veterans who are deemed unable to manage their own benefits and have a fiduciary appointed to handle their financial affairs can have their personal information sent to the Department of Justice for the background check system. Under this proposed legislation, such information cannot be transmitted to the NICS without a specific judicial order or finding that the veteran is a danger to themselves or others. This means that simply having a fiduciary appointed to manage benefits would no longer automatically disqualify a veteran from purchasing a firearm. The bill would amend Title 38 of the United States Code by adding a new section (5501B) to Chapter 55, which explicitly prohibits the transmission of personally identifiable information to the background check system without a judicial determination of potential danger.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/478/all-info