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H.R. 1041: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-06 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Official title

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

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Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms. 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.

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Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] · 70 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1041, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (2025-05-27)

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Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Don Bacon (R-NE), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), Sam Graves (R-MO), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Mark Alford (R-MO), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Chip Roy (R-TX), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Mike Kelly (R-PA), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), James R. Baird (R-IN), Barry Moore (R-AL), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mike Collins (R-GA), Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Michael A. Rulli (R-OH), Rudy Yakym III (R-IN), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Mark B. Messmer (R-IN), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Burgess Owens (R-UT), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Keith Self (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY), Troy Downing (R-MT), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Harold Rogers (R-KY), James Comer (R-KY), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and 10 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr1041 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills