Veterans bills and women’s history museum

Members vote on bills covering veterans’ firearm rights and benefits, and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

Tue, May 19 · 12:00 PM – 2:35 PM ET · Capitol H-313Capitol, Room H-313Chair Virginia Foxx R-NC-5Ranking Jim McGovern D-MA-2

3BILLS—NOT POSTED

3Bills on the agenda—Results not posted yet

Bill by bill

H.R. 1041 · SPONSOR MIKE BOST R-IL-12 (NOT ON COMMITTEE)

Restrict VA reporting to NICS: The VA could not send a beneficiary’s personally identifying information to the Justice Department for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System solely because the VA pays that person’s benefits to a fiduciary. The exception is when a judge or other judicial authority finds that the beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others
Notify the Attorney General about prior disclosures: Within 30 days of enactment, the VA would have to tell the Attorney General that the basis for covered disclosures made on or after November 30, 1993, does not apply or no longer applies
Limit mental-defective designations: The VA could not treat someone as having been adjudicated a mental defective solely because the VA found the person mentally incompetent or decided they needed a fiduciary

What’s next: Passed the House. Next step: the Senate.

RESULTS NOT POSTED YET

READERS · GOOD CALL OR BAD CALL?

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Ordered reported: The committee voted to send the bill to the full House or Senate. It still needs a floor vote.
Manager’s amendment: A replacement version of the bill offered by the chair, usually with changes negotiated beforehand.
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Voice vote: Members say “aye” or “no” together. No names are recorded.
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Not agreed to: The amendment failed.
Reported favorably: The committee recommends that the full chamber pass the bill or confirm the nominee.