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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 962 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain infor- |
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| 6 | 6 | | mation to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant |
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| 7 | 7 | | criminal background check system. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. R |
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| 11 | 11 | | OYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmit- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ting certain information to the Department of Justice |
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| 16 | 16 | | for use by the national instant criminal background |
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| 17 | 17 | | check system. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defending Veterans’ 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Second Amendment Rights Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 962 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | FAIRS TRANSMITTAL OF CERTAIN INFORMA-2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | TION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | USE BY THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not transmit 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | to any entity in the Department of Justice, for use by the 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | national instant criminal background check system estab-8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | lished under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Prevention Act, personally identifiable information on vet-10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | erans and other beneficiaries, solely on the basis of a de-11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | termination by the Secretary under chapter 11 of title 38, 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | United States Code, that a person has a service-connected 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | disability. 14 |
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