S. 1707: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-10-13 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-10-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act

Plain summary

Veterans Second 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 judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.

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Official text

Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · 21 cosponsors

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Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Boozman (R-AR), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Thune (R-SD), James E. Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1707.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>

Record fed-us-cong112-s1707 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112