To prohibit the availability of funds for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

SA 1354. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Moran) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SECRETARY
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO REPORT CERTAIN
INFORMATION REGARDING VETERANS.

None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 5502 of title
38, United States Code, in any case arising out of the
administration by the Secretary of laws and benefits under
such title, to report a person who is deemed mentally
incapacitated, mentally incompetent, or to be experiencing an
extended loss of consciousness as a person who has been
adjudicated as a mental defective under subsection (d)(4) or
(g)(4) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code,
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.

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