HR 3126
114th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information and records
Disability assistance
Firearms and explosives
Mental health
Social security and elderly assistance
To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from furnishing the name of any individual in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective.
Introduced: July 21, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jul 21, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 21, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill prohibits the Social Security Administration from providing to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) the name of any individual entitled to benefits, including any individual whose benefits are paid to a representative payee, unless a federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective. (Current law prohibits the sale or transfer of a firearm to and the purchase or possession of a firearm by a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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