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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 60 (Thursday, April 23, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MILLER of Florida:H.R. 2001.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of The Constitution of the UnitedStates[Page H2466]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act</strong></p> <p>Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without the order or finding of a judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act</title>
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        <title>To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.</title>
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