115th Congress > House > Vote 168

Date: March 16, 2017

Result: 240-175 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 169

Sponsor: ROE, David P. (Phil) (R-TN)

Bill number: HR1181

Question: On Passage

Description: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) 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.

Bill titles: To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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