US SB669 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 18-1)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-06-16 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), considering any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without the order or finding of a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.

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Title

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2009-06-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.
2009-06-16 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka without amendment. With written report No. 111-27.
2009-05-21 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2009-03-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3617)
2009-03-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3616-3617)

Same As/Similar To

HB2547 (Same As) 2009-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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