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H.R. 3126

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.)

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5](R-LA)Sponsor
32 cosponsors32 R
32cosponsors1committees4actions5subjects
  1. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

    Social Security Subcommittee
  2. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

    Ways and Means Committee
  3. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  4. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from furnishing the name of any individual… — Informed