S.Amdt. 4120

SA 4120. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. LIMITATION ON TREATMENT BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS ADJUDICATED
AS A MENTAL DEFECTIVE.

(a) In General.--Chapter 55 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 5501 the
following new section:

``Sec. 5501A. Limitation on treatment by Secretary of certain
individuals as adjudicated as a mental defective

``In any case arising out of the administration by the
Secretary of any law administered by the Secretary, the
Secretary shall not treat an individual as adjudicated as a
mental defective for purposes of 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 inserting
after the item relating to section 5501 the following new
item:

``5501A. Limitation on treatment by Secretary of certain individuals as
adjudicated as a mental defective.''.
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