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On the recordMarch 25, 2010
I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To help protect Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans) At the end, add the following: TITLE III--SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTION SEC. 3001. VETERANS SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTION. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act''. (b) Conditions for Treatment of Certain Persons as Adjudicated Mentally Incompetent for Certain Purposes.-- (1) In general.--Chapter 55 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 5511. Conditions for treatment of certain persons as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes ``In any case arising out of the administration by the Secretary of laws and benefits under this title, a person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness shall not be considered adjudicated as a mental defective under 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.''. (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``5511.…
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