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Proposed Federal House Legislation HB3126

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Would prohibit the use of Social Security information to deny firearms ownership.

Legislation Overview

Title: 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.

Subject: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Mental health: Social security and elderly assistance: Social welfare

Description: 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. 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.)

Session: 114th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Last Action Date: July 23, 2015

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3126/all-info

Sponsors

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33 sponsors: Ralph Abraham (D); Dan Benishek (R); Walter Jones (R); Brian Babin (R); Eric Crawford (R); Mike D. Rogers (R); John Fleming (R); David Roe (R); Steven Palazzo (R); Michael Conaway (R); Richard Hanna (R); Richard Hudson (R); Don Young (R); Morgan Griffith (R); Garland Barr (R); Luke Messer (R); Pete Olson (R); Jeb Hensarling (R); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R); Keith Rothfus (R); Randy Weber (R); Peter Roskam (R); Will Hurd (R); Mo Brooks (R); Chris Collins (R); Austin Scott (R); Thomas Massie (R); Dan Newhouse (R); David Rouzer (R); Rick Allen (R); Jeff Duncan (R); Glenn Grothman (R); Jim Bridenstine (R)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jul 23 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
House Jul 21 2015 Introduced in House
House Jul 21 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Jul 23 2015 federal bill text bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Subcommittee on Social Security

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill

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