[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3450 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3450

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2019

Mr. Roy (for himself and Mr. Bost) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TRANSMITTAL OF 
              CERTAIN INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR USE 
              BY THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not transmit to any entity in 
the Department of Justice, for use by the national instant criminal 
background check system established under section 103 of the Brady 
Handgun Violence Prevention Act, personally identifying information on 
veterans and other beneficiaries, solely on the basis of a 
determination by the Secretary under chapter 11 of title 38, United 
States Code, that a person has a service-connected disability.
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