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S 2495 114th Congress Senate Social Welfare Firearms and explosives Mental health Poverty and welfare assistance Social security and elderly assistance

Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act

Introduced: February 3, 2016 Introduced by: Crapo, Mike Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 3, 2016
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Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act

This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any determination by the Commissioner of Social Security with respect to an individual, including one that OASDI and SSI benefits to which that individual is entitled shall be paid to a representative payee, from being considered to be a determination that the individual has been adjudicated as a mental defective to make it unlawful for the individual to engage in the shipment or transport of firearms or ammunition or receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.

What's happening now February 3, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2802 Related bill Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act
  • HR 3516 Identical bill Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 5
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Mar 10, 2016
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Feb 3, 2016
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Feb 3, 2016
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Feb 3, 2016
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Feb 3, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2495: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2495/
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"S. 2495: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2495/.
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S. 2495, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2495/.
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