S 669 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Introduced Mar 23, 2009 Originated Senate Sponsor Richard Burr R-NC

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 16, 2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 23, 2009
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Veterans 2nd 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 judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2009 to May 10, 2010, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-LADavid VitterOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-SCJim DeMintOriginalMar 23, 2009
D-VAJim WebbOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-NVJohn EnsignOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-MSThad CochranOriginalMar 23, 2009
R-OKTom CoburnOriginalMar 23, 2009
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Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 16, 2009Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka without amendment. With written report No. 111-27.
  2. Jun 16, 2009Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.
  3. May 21, 2009Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Apr 22, 2009Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-76.
  5. Mar 23, 2009Introduced in Senate
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2547Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActIdentical billMay 22, 2009

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 16, 2009Reported to Senate
  2. Mar 23, 2009Introduced in Senate

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