Support legislation preventing the Department of Veterans Affairs from sending disability-only veteran records to NICS solely because of a service-connected disability.

Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] appears as an original cosponsor. The bill would prohibit VA from sending disability-only veteran records to NICS solely because of a service-connected disability.

Clyde is listed as an original cosponsor of a bill that would stop VA from reporting disability-only veteran records to NICS based solely on a service-connected disability.

H.R.5286 - Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act
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This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from transmitting personally identifiable information of veterans or their beneficiaries to the national instant criminal background check system utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms solely on the basis that a veteran has a service-connected disability. Cosponsor list includes Rep. Andrew S. Clyde [R-GA-9].

Clyde cosponsored a bill that matches the promise language: blocking VA reporting to NICS solely because of a service-connected disability.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.5286 - Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act
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The official title is 'To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.' The summary says the bill prohibits VA from transmitting personally identifying information solely on the basis that a veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage benefits, unless a judicial authority finds danger to self or others. The bill was introduced and later reported by committee, but not enacted as of the latest action shown.

Congress advanced a related veterans-NICS protection bill, but it remained un-enacted, showing effort rather than fulfillment.

partial same_term A for effort

All Info - H.R.1041 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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The Senate Judiciary Committee press release states that the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act would 'permanently end onerous reporting requirements' that cause veterans who receive help managing VA benefits to be stripped of Second Amendment rights without due process, and notes that House companion legislation was being led in the House of Representatives.

Official congressional messaging confirms the same policy objective was actively advanced in Congress, though via companion legislation and not final enactment.

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Grassley, Kennedy Fight to Protect Veter... | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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