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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 602
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 8, 2013
Mr. Miller of Florida
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’
Affairs
A BILL
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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection
Act.
2.
Conditions for
treatment of certain persons as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain
purposes
(a)
In
general
Chapter 55 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
5511.
Conditions for
treatment of certain persons as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain
purposes
In any case arising
out of the administration by the Secretary of laws and benefits under this
title, a person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or
experiencing an extended loss of consciousness shall not be considered
adjudicated as a mental defective under subsection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section
922 of title 18 without the order or finding of a judge, magistrate, or other
judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to
himself or herself or
others.
.
(b)
Clerical
amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of
such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
5511. Conditions for treatment of certain persons as
adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain
purposes.
.