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Introduced June 26, 2025 by Cory Anthony Booker · Last progress June 26, 2025
This bill strengthens background checks and NICS reporting to keep firearms out of the hands of people subject to court-ordered pretrial firearm prohibitions—improving public safety and records accuracy—while imposing new administrative burdens, potential pretrial criminal exposure, jurisdictional and tribal sovereignty concerns, and some fiscal costs.
People subject to pretrial release orders (and the general public) will be less likely to obtain firearms because court-ordered firearm prohibitions are more consistently reported to NICS and enforced, reducing immediate risk of violence.
FBI/NICS, state reporting entities, and courts get clearer statutory authority and consistent cross-references, improving background-check accuracy and making implementation and record-sharing more reliable.
States and Tribal governments receive dedicated federal funding ($25M/year, FY2026–2030) to build or improve NICS reporting systems, reducing local fiscal burden for implementing background-check reporting.
People on pretrial release who are subject to firearm prohibitions may be arrested or face criminal penalties for possessing or receiving firearms before conviction, increasing legal risk for accused individuals.
Courts, defense attorneys, and state/local agencies will face increased administrative burdens to draft, track, communicate, and implement firearm prohibitions and to meet grant application/reporting requirements, requiring staff time and resources.
Tribal governments and residents may face sovereignty concerns because federal grant conditions and reporting requirements could impose DOJ-linked application or reporting controls on tribal record-sharing.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Bars firearm purchases for people under pretrial release orders that prohibit firearm possession, updates federal gun-law references, and funds States/Tribes to report those orders to NICS.
Prohibits people who are under a court pretrial release order that specifically bars them from buying, possessing, or receiving firearms from shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms; updates federal gun-law cross-references to cover that prohibition; and creates a federal grant program to help States and Indian Tribes report those court orders into the NICS background-check system. The bill authorizes $25 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2030 for the reporting grants and sets application and administrative terms for State and Tribal participation.