{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-1041","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 1041","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act"},{"type":"Official Titles as Amended by House","title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-02-06","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-05-21","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h190","question":"On Passage","title":"Veterans 2nd Amendment 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Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others."}],"words":95},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends title 38, United States Code, to limit what information the Secretary of Veterans Affairs sends to the Department of Justice for the national instant criminal background check system when a beneficiary has a fiduciary or is found mentally incompetent.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1041/text/eh#H1D21815F181747BE94650C190231DE05"},{"label":"Sec. 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only if a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction has ordered or found that the beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1041/text/eh#H1D21815F181747BE94650C190231DE05"}},{"text":"Adds section 5501C to title 38, which requires the Secretary, within 30 days of enactment, to notify the Attorney General that the basis for earlier transmittals made solely on a fiduciary determination does not apply, or no longer applies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1041/text/eh#H4D88F3E69F004D55972730F4BCFF8334"}},{"text":"Covers transmittals made by the Secretary on or after November 30, 1993, in the notification required under section 5501C, which cites section 103(e)(1)(D) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1041/text/eh#H4D88F3E69F004D55972730F4BCFF8334"}},{"text":"Adds section 5501D to title 38, which bars the Secretary from treating a person as adjudicated a mental defective solely because the Secretary found the person mentally incompetent under 38 CFR 3.353 or requires a fiduciary under section 5502.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1041/text/eh#HFF81378CE44440B68E81013C32A4F294"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1041/text/eh#HDB8F7B338B73462A9ED1BF72AD063431"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-05-21","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1041/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1041","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1041/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-1041.png","v":"a378b40ccd8f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1041, 119th Congress: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act. House: 216 Yea, 201 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 21 May 2026."}}