# 115-hr-5225: Strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Act of 2018

115-hr-5225, Strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5225
- Congress: 115
- Title: Strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Act of 2018
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2018-03-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Act of 2018 This bill reinstates 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.)

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2018-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

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- 115-hr-6184: Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-5225 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5225)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5225 (as of 2025-11-18).