[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3447. Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Kelly) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3411 submitted by Ms. 
Collins and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 3944, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2026, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       In section 412 of division A, before the period at the end, 
     insert the following: ``Provided, That, the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall publish quarterly on a publicly 
     available website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a 
     report on the number of veterans who would have been reported 
     to the national instant criminal background check system 
     established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence 
     Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) if such reporting by the 
     Secretary was permitted but for this section, and of those 
     veterans, the number of suicides by firearm that occurred in 
     the previous quarter''.
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