This bill would stop the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from sending veterans’ personal information to the Justice Department’s national gun background check system just because the VA decided the person has a service-connected disability. It targets only that one reason and does not change other parts of the background check system or other legal reasons someone might be flagged. The background check system is the one used by licensed gun dealers before a sale .

Key points:

• Who is affected: Veterans and VA beneficiaries.
• What changes: The VA could not share their personal info for background checks solely due to having a service-connected disability .
• When: If passed, this would apply going forward as the policy for VA data sharing with the background check system.