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119-hr-496119th Congress

Veterans 2nd Amendment Restoration Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2]

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Summary

Limits VA findings from automatically disqualifying veterans from purchasing firearms.

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This bill would narrowly remove VA determinations of mental incompetence or the need for a VA-appointed fiduciary as the sole basis for treating a person as "adjudicated as mentally defective" under federal gun law.

  • Veterans and beneficiaries: Veterans found mentally incompetent by the VA or assigned a fiduciary would not be treated as automatically disqualified from buying firearms or ammunition solely because of those VA findings.
  • Background checks and DOJ/NICS records: The bill would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify the Attorney General within 30 days that the legal basis for sending beneficiary personally identifiable information to the Department of Justice for use in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System since November 30, 1993 was improper or no longer applies.
  • Legal effect on eligibility rules: It would clarify that VA determinations alone cannot, by themselves, constitute an adjudication of mental defectiveness for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 922.

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Limit VA role in veterans' gun checks

If enacted, a VA finding that you are mentally incompetent or need a fiduciary would not, by itself, trigger a federal gun ban. You could keep or regain the right to buy or own a gun if that VA finding was the only reason you were blocked. Other bans, like court orders or criminal records, would still apply. The VA would have 30 days to tell the Attorney General that, since November 30, 1993, any personal data it sent to the background-check system only because it named a fiduciary was improper or no longer applies. This could lead to review or correction of those records.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2]

AZ • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 11/2/2026

  • Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/4/2025

Roll Call Votes

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