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S. 478119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025
Sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) · 40 active : 40 Republicans
Latest action: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
Where it standsBefore the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govVeterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025
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
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateHearings by (full committee) · Referred to
Subjects
- Criminal justice information and records
- Firearms and explosives
- Government information and archives
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 46Middle 30–70
- 47Entrenched 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-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . 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
40 activeShow all 40 cosponsors
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
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.
