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H.R. 1181: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

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H.R. 1181: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-16 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 21.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 169 (2017): On Passage, HR1181 (2017-03-16), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 21. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1181, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (2017-03-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX)

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1181 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115