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Sec. 3 · H.R. 496

Determination by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that a person is mentally incompetent is insufficient to treat such person as a mental defective for certain purposes regarding firearms or ammunition

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For purposes of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, a person shall not be treated as having been adjudicated as a mental defective solely on the basis that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has determined that such person— (1) is mentally incompetent under section 3.353 of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulation); or (2) requires a fiduciary under section 5502 of title 38, United States Code.

Sec. 3: Determination by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that a person is mentally incompetent is insufficient to treat such person as a mental defective for certain purposes regarding firearms or ammunition · Public Law Tracker