Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-3516
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-16
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Mental health

Poverty and welfare assistance

Social security and elderly assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2015-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3516 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 16, 2015 Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Brady of Texas , Ms. Jenkins of Kansas , Mr. Smith of Missouri , Mr. Cole , Mr. Tiberi , Mrs. Black , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Young of Indiana , Mr. Roskam , Mr. Smith of Nebraska , Mr. Reed , and Mr. Boustany ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Social Security Act relating to the use of determinations made by the Commissioner.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act . 2. Use of determinations made by the Commissioner (a) Title II Section 205(j) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405(j) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (11) No determination by the Commissioner of Social Security with respect to an individual, including a determination that benefits under this title to which such individual is entitled shall be paid to a representative payee, shall be considered to be a determination that the individual has been adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of subsections (d)(4) and (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code. . (b) Title XVI Section 1631(a)(2) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) No determination by the Commissioner of Social Security with respect to an individual, including a determination that benefits under this title to which such individual is entitled shall be paid to a representative payee, shall be considered to be a determination that the individual has been adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of subsections (d)(4) and (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code. .