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.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3450 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 JUNE 24, 2019 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:26 Jun 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3450.IH H3450 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3450 IH SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SECRETARY OF VETERANS 1 AFFAIRS TRANSMITTAL OF CERTAIN INFOR- 2 MATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 3 FOR USE BY THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMI- 4 NAL 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 identifying 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 02:26 Jun 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3450.IH H3450 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS