S.2802: Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act

About This Bill

  • Introduced April 14, 2016
  • Latest Major Action April 14, 2016

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Bill Summary

Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act This bill amends the federal criminal code and other laws to raise the threshold that must be met with respect to disqualifying an individual, for reasons relating to mental health, from possessing or receiving a firearm. Specifically, such an individual must have been either adjudicated mentally incompetent or committed to a psychiatric hospital. In addition, the bill excludes, for purposes of a...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
April 14, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
April 14, 2016

Introduced in the Senate by Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

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