[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5231]
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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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