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The bill expands and funds reporting of pretrial, §922(d), and state/tribal firearm‑prohibiting orders into NICS to reduce prohibited purchases and enhance public safety, at the cost of broader pretrial and mental‑health‑related firearm restrictions, privacy and tribal‑sovereignty concerns, administrative burdens, and additional federal spending.
People barred from possessing firearms under pretrial orders, §922(d) disqualifications, or tribal/state court orders will be less likely to lawfully acquire guns because those orders/categories will be entered into NICS and checked by sellers.
State and Tribal governments will receive federal grants ($25M/year FY2026–2030) to build or upgrade reporting systems so they can submit firearm-prohibiting orders to NICS without using local budgets.
Victims and witnesses (and the public) will gain added protection because tighter pretrial licensing/possession rules limit alleged offenders' access to firearms while cases proceed.
People subject to pretrial release orders may effectively lose firearm rights for an extended period before any conviction, imposing a de facto disability on accused individuals without a final adjudication.
People with prior mental‑health histories or civil‑commitment records face broader automatic firearm prohibitions and increased reporting to federal systems, which can restrict rights without individualized review and raise privacy concerns.
State and Tribal governments, courts, and DoD will incur additional administrative burdens and costs to identify, track, and report more categories and to meet timing requirements (e.g., DoD's 3-business-day rule).
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Adds a federal firearms ban for people under pretrial release orders that forbid guns, updates background-check law to include those orders, and funds State/Tribal reporting to NICS ($25M/yr FY2026–2030).
Makes it a federal firearms disqualification for anyone subject to a pretrial release order that forbids purchasing, possessing, or receiving firearms, and updates federal criminal and background-check statutes to treat those orders like existing federal disqualifications. It also creates a grant program ($25 million/year, FY2026–2030) for States and Indian Tribes to report covered pretrial release orders to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The bill adds definitions, cross-references, and procedural timing clarifications (including for court-martial pretrial release orders).
Official title: 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.
Introduced June 26, 2025 by Cory Anthony Booker · Last progress June 26, 2025