CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

John Kennedy (R-LA)

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025

S. 478 · Senate bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with 40 Republican cosponsors · See all 40 cosponsors

Last activity — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the ``Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025'', seeks to amend title 38 of the United States Code. It aims to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from sharing certain information with the Department of Justice. Specifically, it targets the transmission of personally identifiable information for use by the national instant criminal background check system. This prohibition applies when the information is shared solely because the Secretary determined to pay benefits to a fiduciary for a beneficiary. Under this act, such information could not be shared without a judicial order or finding.

Yes· 3 of 9

  • Scored +9

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    Directly protects the firearm rights and privacy of veterans receiving fiduciary benefits.

  • Scored +8

    Does this protect the right to own guns?

    The bill prevents the loss of firearm access for veterans solely due to the appointment of a fiduciary without judicial oversight.

  • Scored +7

    Would gun owners be better off under this?

    Prevents automatic disqualification from firearm ownership for certain veterans.

The opposite

  • Scored -5

    Does this put more limits on buying or owning guns?

    The bill restricts the flow of information used by the NICS background check system.

  • Scored -2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    Limits the administrative power of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

  • Scored -2

    Does this give the government more power to monitor people inside the country?

    Reduces the amount of data transmitted by the VA to the DOJ.