119-hr4173

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4173 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4173

To ensure that the background check system used for firearms purchases 
denies a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing a firearm by a 
 lawful court order governing the pretrial release of the person.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 26, 2025

 Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Magaziner, 
 Mr. Frost, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. 
 Norton, and Mrs. Ramirez) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To ensure that the background check system used for firearms purchases 
denies a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing a firearm by a 
 lawful court order governing the pretrial release of the person.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968.

    (a) Section 921.--

Section 921

    (a) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (39) The term `pretrial release order' means an order of a 
Federal, State, Tribal, or local court that governs the release of an 
arrested person pending the trial of the person for a crime.''.

    (b) Section 922.--

Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (d) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (10) , by striking ``or'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in paragraph

    (11) , by striking the period and 
 inserting ``; or''; and
            (C) by inserting after paragraph

    (11) the 
 following:
 ``

    (12) is subject to a pretrial release order that 
 prohibits the person from purchasing, possessing, or receiving 
 firearms.''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (t) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1)
        (B)
            (ii) , by striking ``receipt 
 of a firearm'' and all that follows through ``section'' 
 and inserting ``knowing sale or disposition of a 
 firearm by the licensee to such other person or the 
 receipt of a firearm by such other person would violate 
 subsection
            (d) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) of this section'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (2) , in the matter preceding 
 subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``receipt'' and all that 
 follows through ``

    (n) '' and inserting ``the knowing 
 sale or disposition of a firearm to the person or the 
 receipt of a firearm by the person would not violate 
 subsection
            (d) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) '';
            (C) in paragraph

    (3)
        (A)
            (ii) , by striking ``that 
 possession'' and inserting ``that knowing sale or 
 disposition of a firearm by a licensee to such other 
 person or possession'';
            (D) in paragraph

    (4) --
            (i) by striking ``receipt'' and all that 
 follows through ``

    (n) '' and inserting ``knowing 
 sale or disposition of a firearm by a licensee 
 to such other person or the receipt of a 
 firearm by such other person would violate 
 subsection
            (d) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) ''; and
            (ii) by inserting a comma after ``State''; 
 and
        (E) in paragraph

    (5) --
            (i) by striking ``receipt'' and all that 
 follows through ``

    (n) '' and inserting ``knowing 
 sale or disposition of a firearm by a licensee 
 to such other person or receipt of a firearm by 
 such other person would violate subsection
            (d) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) ''; and
            (ii) by inserting a comma after ``State''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Section 923.--

Section 923
            (d) (1)
        (B) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``under 

section 922

    (g) and

    (n) of this 
chapter'' and inserting ``by subsection

    (g) or

    (n) of 

section 922 and 
is not a person to whom the knowing sale or disposition of any firearm 
or ammunition is prohibited by 

section 922
            (d) ''.

    (b) Section 925A.--

Section 925A

    (2) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ``and to whom the knowing sale or disposition 
of a firearm was not prohibited by subsection
            (d) of that section or 
State law'' before the comma.
            (c) Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.--

Section 103 of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (e)

    (1) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``for whom 
 receipt'' and all that follows through ``

    (g) '' and 
 inserting ``to whom the knowing sale or disposition of 
 or for whom receipt of a firearm would violate 
 subsection
            (d) ,

    (g) ,'';
        (B) in subparagraph
            (C) , by striking ``

    (g) '' and 
 inserting ``
            (d) ,

    (g) ,'';
            (C) in subparagraph
        (F)
            (iii) 
            (I) , by striking ``

    (g) or

    (n) '' and inserting ``
            (d) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) ''; and
            (D) in subparagraph
        (G)
            (i) , by striking ``

    (g) or

    (n) '' and inserting ``
            (d) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) '';

    (2) in subsection

    (g) , by striking ``receipt of a firearm 
 by a prospective transferee would violate subsection

    (g) or

    (n) '' and inserting ``the knowing sale or disposition of a 
 firearm to or receipt of a firearm by a prospective transferee 
 would violate subsection
            (d) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) ''; and

    (3) in subsection
            (i) (2) , by striking all that follows 
 after ``respect to persons'' and inserting ``to whom the 
 knowing sale or disposition of, or for whom receipt of, a 
 firearm is prohibited by subsection
            (d) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) of 

section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or State law.''.
            (d) NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.--Title I of the NICS 
Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911 et seq.) is 
amended--

    (1) in 

section 101

    (b) (34 U.S.C. 40911

    (b) )--
        (A) in paragraph

    (1)
        (A) , by striking ``a person is 
 disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm 
 under subsection

    (g) '' and inserting ``the knowing sale 
 or disposition of a firearm to a person or receipt of a 
 firearm by a person is prohibited by subsection
            (d) ,

    (g) ,''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (2)
        (A) --
            (i) by striking ``after the'' and inserting 
 ``after a court martial imposes a pretrial 
 release order or the''; and
            (ii) by striking ``a member of the Armed 
 Forces involved in such proceeding is 
 disqualified from possessing or receiving a 
 firearm under subsection

    (g) or

    (n) '' and 
 inserting ``the knowing sale or disposition of 
 a firearm to or receipt of a firearm by a 
 member of the Armed Forces is prohibited by 
 subsection
            (d) ,

    (g) , or

    (n) ''; and

    (2) in 

section 102 (34 U.S.C. 40912)--
        (A) in subsection

    (b)

    (3) , by striking ``are 
 prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under 
 subsection

    (g) '' and inserting ``are described in one 
 of the categories under subsection
            (d) ,

    (g) ,''; and
        (B) in subsection
            (c) (1)
        (A) , by inserting ``the 
 knowing sale or disposition of a firearm to a person 
 would be prohibited under subsection
            (d) of 

section 922 
 of title 18, United States Code, or applicable State 
 law or whether'' after ``determination of whether''.

SEC. 4. FUNDS FOR STATES THAT REPORT PRETRIAL ORDERS RESTRICTING 
 FIREARM POSSESSION TO NICS.

    (a) 

=== Definition. ===
-In this section, the term ``covered pretrial 
release order'' means an order of a State, Tribal, or local court that 
governs the release of an arrested individual pending the trial of the 
individual for a crime, and which prohibits the individual from 
possessing a firearm or ammunition (as such terms are defined in 

section 921 of title 18, United States Code).

    (b) Authorization.--The Attorney General may make grants to States 
and Indian Tribes for the purpose of reporting information about 
covered pretrial release orders to the national instant criminal 
background check system established under 

section 103 of the Brady 
Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901).
            (c) Applications.--The chief executive of a State or Indian Tribe 
seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General 
an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
            (d) Clarification.--Grants made under this section shall be in 
addition to any amount that a State or Indian Tribe receives under 

section 302
            (c) (19) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10132
            (c) (19) ) (commonly referred to as 
the ``National Criminal History Improvement Program'') or 

section 103 
of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40913) 
(commonly referred to as the ``NICS Act Record Improvement Program'').

    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to 
carry out this section.
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