Senator Kennedy Proposes Bill to Stop VA from Reporting Veterans to Gun Background Check System
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Veterans who have a fiduciary appointed to manage their VA benefits would no longer automatically be reported to the FBI's background check system, which currently can prevent them from buying or owning firearms. This bill ensures that only a judge's finding that a veteran is dangerous — not just a need for financial help — can trigger that reporting, protecting gun rights for veterans who simply need money-management assistance.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
The VA announced it will immediately stop reporting veterans to the FBI's background check database if they need a fiduciary to manage benefits. This reverses a decades-old policy and implements the core goal of the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act through administrative action.
VA Secretary Doug Collins announced the reversal of a 30-year policy that marked veterans as prohibited possessors for using a fiduciary. The move restores due process, requiring a judicial finding of danger before a veteran's information is sent to the NICS database.
Representative Eli Crane lauded the administration's decision to stop automatically reporting veterans with fiduciaries to NICS. The article details how this administrative shift aligns with the goals of the 2025 Protection Act and reverses a practice dating back to 1998.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025
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