# 119-hr-962: Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act

119-hr-962, Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-962
- Congress: 119
- Title: Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Prevents the Department of Veterans Affairs from sending veterans' disability-based personal information to the Department of Justice for the NICS background check system.** It bars the VA from transmitting personally identifiable information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system when the sole basis is a chapter 11 service-connected disability determination. - Veterans and other beneficiaries: A VA chapter 11 disability finding alone cannot trigger the VA to send personally identifiable information to DOJ for NICS. This narrows one route that could place veterans' data into the federal background-check system. - Department of Veterans Affairs: Limits a specific VA-to-DOJ data transfer tied only to disability determinations under chapter 11. The text does not redefine what counts as personally identifiable information. - Department of Justice and NICS: The national instant criminal background check system will not receive VA PII when the transfer would be based exclusively on a chapter 11 disability decision.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stops VA sharing disability records: benefit, medium. If enacted, the VA would not send personally identifiable VA records to the Department of Justice for use in the national background check system (NICS). That ban would apply only when VA is sending data solely because it found a service‑connected disability. It would protect veterans and other VA…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5106: Restore Trust in Congress Act
- 119-hr-1040: Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act
- 119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1041: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-962 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/962)

## Related
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-5106: Restore Trust in Congress Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5106)
- [119-hr-1040: Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1040)
- [119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-925)
- [119-hr-1041: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1041)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-962 (as of 2026-04-21).