US Congress Senate Joint Resolution 14 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 32-1)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S494-497)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A joint resolution 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. 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.)

A joint resolution 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.

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]
Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]
Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. Luther Strange [R-AL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S494-497)

HJR40 (Same As) 2017-02-28 - Became Public Law No: 115-8. (TXT | PDF)
HB5225 (Related) 2018-04-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/14/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/sjres14/BILLS-115sjres14is.pdf