Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5286.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 139, August 25, 2023, Page H4206):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from transferring veterans' information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) solely because they have received a disability rating for a mental illness.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 25, 2023 ↗

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  326 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5286, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5286

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64e0b23aff2f58d285ca46744dcd2344dde7a3f6f095711c35db05a5cc604c49

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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