This joint resolution nullifies the “Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007” rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on December 19, 2016. The rule implements a plan to provide to the National Instant Criminal History Background Check System the name of an individual who meets certain criteria, including that benefit payments are made through a representative payee because the individual is determined to be mentally incapable of managing them. (Current law prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and purchase or possession by a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective.)
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-30 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S494-497) | Senate |
| 2017-01-30 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |