US Congress House Bill 3126 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 33-0)
Status: Introduced on July 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Social Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.)

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.

Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]
Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2015-07-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-07-21	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3126/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3126/BILLS-114hr3126ih.pdf