H.R. 4173
119th CONGRESS 1st Session
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 · Sponsor: Mr. Goldman of New York · Committee: Committee on the Judiciary
Table of contents
SEC. 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
- Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
- Section
- The term
pretrial release ordermeans 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.
- The term
- (b) Section 922
- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
- in subsection (d)—
- in paragraph (10), by striking
orat the end; - in paragraph (11), by striking the period and inserting ; and
- is subject to a pretrial release order that prohibits the person from purchasing, possessing, or receiving firearms.
- by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:
- in paragraph (10), by striking
- in subsection (t)—
- in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking
receipt of a firearmand all that follows through and insertingsection; - in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
receiptand all that follows through and inserting(n); - in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking
that possessionand insertingthat knowing sale or disposition of a firearm by a licensee to such other person or possession; - in paragraph (4)—
- (i) by striking
receiptand all that follows through and inserting(n); and - (ii) by inserting a comma after ; and
- (i) by striking
- in paragraph (5)—
- (i) by striking
receiptand all that follows through and inserting(n); and - (ii) by inserting a comma after .
- (i) by striking
- in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking
- in subsection (d)—
- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
SEC. 3. Conforming amendments
- (a) Section
- Section 923(d)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
under section 922(g) and (n) of this chapterand insertingby 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). - Section
- Section 923(d)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
- (b) Section A
- Section 925A(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the comma.
- Section A
- (c) Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
- Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act () is amended— 34 U.S.C. 40901
- in subsection (e)(1)—
- in subparagraph (A), by striking
for whom receiptand all that follows through and inserting(g); - in subparagraph (C), by striking
(g)and inserting(d), (g),; - in subparagraph (F)(iii)(I), by striking
(g) or (n)and inserting(d), (g), or (n); and - in subparagraph (G)(i), by striking
(g) or (n)and inserting(d), (g), or (n);
- in subparagraph (A), by striking
- in subsection (g), by striking
receipt of a firearm by a prospective transferee would violate subsection (g) or (n)and insertingthe 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 - in subsection (i)(2), by striking all that follows after 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..
- in subsection (e)(1)—
- Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act () is amended— 34 U.S.C. 40901
- (d) NICS Improvement Amendments Act of
- Title I of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 () is amended— 34 U.S.C. 40911 et seq.
- NICS Improvement Amendments Act of
- in section 101(b) ()— 34 U.S.C. 40911(b)
- in paragraph (1)(A), by striking
a person is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm under subsection (g)and insertingthe 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 - in paragraph (2)(A)—
- (i) by striking
after theand insertingafter 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 insertingthe 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
- (i) by striking
- in paragraph (1)(A), by striking
- in section 102 ()— 34 U.S.C. 40912
- in subsection (b)(3), by striking
are prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under subsection (g)and insertingare described in one of the categories under subsection (d), (g),; and - in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting after .
- in subsection (b)(3), by striking
- in section 101(b) ()— 34 U.S.C. 40911(b)
SEC. 4. Funds for States that report pretrial orders restricting firearm possession to NICS
- (a) Definition
- In this section, the term
covered pretrial release ordermeans 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).
- In this section, the term
- (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 () (commonly referred to as the ) or section 103 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 () (commonly referred to as the ).
National Criminal History Improvement ProgramNICS Act Record Improvement Program34 U.S.C. 10132(c)(19); 34 U.S.C. 40913
- 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 () (commonly referred to as the ) or section 103 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 () (commonly referred to as the ).
- (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.