Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Second Amendment Protection Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the sale, purchase, shipment, receipt, or possession of a firearm or ammunition by a user of medical marijuana, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 13, 2023
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2019
Description: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to report on the deaths of covered veterans who died by suicide during the last five years, regardless of whether information relating to such deaths has been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A covered veteran is any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death. Among other elements, the report shall include the total number of covered veterans who died by suicide, violent death, or accidental death, as well as certain demographic information.
Last Action: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Last Action Date: April 30, 2019