House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

H.R. 1041Introduced Feb 6, 2025Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: 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.

Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost R-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
Committee actionMay 6, 2025
Passed HouseMay 21, 2026 · 216–201
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 2, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1041.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1041, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act” on May 27, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 6, 2025”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 2025 ↗
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-143 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 5, 2025.
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Page H556):
Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''
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Vote results

2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 1041. The vote that moved the bill is first.

1HOUSE · MAY 21, 2026

Passed the House

216–201PASSED

R 208–1 D 7–200 I 1–0

On Passage · roll 190 · 13 not voting

Procedural votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 House). Tap to show.

Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.

Send the bill back to committee
Motion to recommit
House · May 21, 2026 · roll 189
R 0–209 D 208–0 I 0–1
208–210Failed

Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 2 of 2 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.

Cosponsors

70 cosponsors — 70 Republicans

0 of 70 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Mark Alford (R-MO), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Mike Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Troy Downing (R-MT), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ) and 40 more.

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Sponsor’s state and district

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