About HJRes40

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.

Policy Area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] (R-TX)

Latest Action (2017-02-28): Became Public Law No: 115-8.

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) 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.)

Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Congressional oversight, Criminal justice information and records, Disability and paralysis, Disability assistance, Firearms and explosives, Mental health, Poverty and welfare assistance

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