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Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · Mar 16, 2017
(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.
People & committees
Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · R–TN
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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 21.
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 175 (Roll no. 169). (text: CR H2102-2103)
House roll call 169 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 175 (Roll no. 169).(text: CR H2102-2103)
House roll call 169 · Individual votesConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2135-2136)
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 1181, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Roe (TN) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on passage of H.R. 1181 until a time to be announced.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1181.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 198. (consideration: CR H2102-2114)
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 15.
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-33.
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-33.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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