Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1771 To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain infor- mation to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 10, 2021 Mr. ROY (for himself and Mr. BOST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmit- ting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defending Veterans’ 4 Second Amendment Rights Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Apr 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1771.IH H1771 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1771 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF- 1 FAIRS TRANSMITTAL OF CERTAIN INFORMA- 2 TION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR 3 USE BY THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL 4 BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM. 5 The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not transmit 6 to any entity in the Department of Justice, for use by the 7 national instant criminal background check system estab- 8 lished under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence 9 Prevention Act, personally identifiable information on vet- 10 erans and other beneficiaries, solely on the basis of a de- 11 termination by the Secretary under chapter 11 of title 38, 12 United States Code, that a person has a service-connected 13 disability. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Apr 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1771.IH H1771 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS