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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 478 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans |
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| 6 | 6 | | Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Jus- |
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| 7 | 7 | | tice for use by the national instant criminal background check system. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY6 (legislative day, FEBRUARY5), 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. K |
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| 11 | 11 | | ENNEDY(for himself, Mr. MORAN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. DAINES, Mrs. |
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| 12 | 12 | | B |
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| 13 | 13 | | LACKBURN, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BANKS, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Mr. T |
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| 15 | 15 | | ILLIS, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mr. |
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| 16 | 16 | | T |
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| 17 | 17 | | UBERVILLE, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mr. SHEEHY) introduced the fol- |
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| 18 | 18 | | lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Vet- |
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| 19 | 19 | | erans’ Affairs |
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| 20 | 20 | | A BILL |
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| 21 | 21 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Sec- |
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| 22 | 22 | | retary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain in- |
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| 23 | 23 | | formation to the Department of Justice for use by the |
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| 24 | 24 | | national instant criminal background check system. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans 2nd Amend-4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ment Protection Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | •S 478 IS |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | FAIRS TRANSMITTAL OF CERTAIN INFORMA-2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | TION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | USE BY THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM. 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 38, United 6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5501A 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the following new section: 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘§ 5501B. Prohibition on transmittal of certain infor-9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | mation to the Department of Justice for 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | use by the national instant criminal back-11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ground check system 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘The Secretary may not transmit to any entity in the 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Department of Justice, for use by the national instant 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | criminal background check system established under sec-15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tion 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (34 U.S.C. 40901), personally identifiable information of 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | a beneficiary, solely on the basis of a determination by 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the Secretary to pay benefits to a fiduciary for the use 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and benefit of the beneficiary under section 5502 of this 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | title, without the order or finding of a judge, magistrate, 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | or other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | such beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.’’. 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (b) C |
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| 58 | 58 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | at the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | •S 478 IS |
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| 63 | 63 | | by inserting after the item relating to section 5501A the 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | following new item: 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘5501B. Prohibition on transmittal of certain information to the Department |
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| 66 | 66 | | of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background |
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| 67 | 67 | | check system.’’. |
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