# 119-hr-496: Veterans 2nd Amendment Restoration Act of 2025

119-hr-496, Veterans 2nd Amendment Restoration Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ); status in_committee (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-496
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-496
- Congress: 119
- Title: Veterans 2nd Amendment Restoration Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-03

## Summary

**Limits VA findings from automatically disqualifying veterans from purchasing firearms.** 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limit VA role in veterans' gun checks: benefit, high. 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 st…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act
- 119-hr-9567: Preserving Our Constitution Act of 2026
- 119-hr-71: Veterans Health Care Freedom Act
- 119-hr-7156: SCAM Act
- 119-hres-888: Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct that reflects discredi…
- 119-hr-22: SAVE Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-496 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/496)

## Related
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
- [119-hr-9567: Preserving Our Constitution Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9567)
- [119-hr-71: Veterans Health Care Freedom Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-71)
- [119-hr-7156: SCAM Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7156)
- [119-hres-888: Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the Hou…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-888)
- [119-hr-22: SAVE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-22)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-496 (as of 2026-11-03).