Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-202
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2017-01-24
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Mental health

Poverty and welfare assistance

Social security and elderly assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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&nbsp;specify that an&nbsp;OASDI&nbsp;or SSI benefit&nbsp;determination may not be considered, for purposes of restricting the possession&nbsp;or transfer of firearms,&nbsp;to be a determination that an individual has been adjudicated as a mental defective.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 202 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2017 Mr. Crapo (for himself, Mr. Paul , Mr. Moran , Mr. Heller , Mr. Hatch , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Daines , and Mr. Roberts ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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. .