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Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act

S. 2495 · 114th Congress · Feb 3, 2016 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Social Security Act relating to the use of determinations made by the Commissioner.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act”.

Sec. 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.”