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H.R. 1041119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) · 70 active : 70 Republicans
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMay 21, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govVeterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms.
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Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Criminal justice information and records
- Firearms and explosives
- Government information and archives
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
70 activeShow all 70 cosponsors
- Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8)
- Adrian Smith (R-NE-3)
- Andy Harris (R-MD-1)
- Barry Moore (R-AL-1)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
- Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2)
- Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
- Chip Roy (R-TX-21)
- Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL-11)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL-16)
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3)
- Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)
- Gus M. Bilirakis
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
