I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6717 
To ensure that the background check system used for firearms purchasers 
denies a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing guns by a 
lawful court order governing the pretrial release of the person. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2022 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CASE, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. CARSON, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. JACOBS of California, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of 
Georgia, Ms. TITUS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Ms. DEAN, Mr. EVANS, Ms. MANNING, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. 
STRICKLAND, Ms. NEWMAN, and Ms. SCANLON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To ensure that the background check system used for fire-
arms purchasers denies a firearm to a person prohibited 
from possessing guns by a lawful court order governing 
the pretrial release of the person. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968. 
(a) Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(36) The term ‘pretrial release order’ means an 
order of a Federal, State, tribal, or local court that gov-
erns the release of an arrested person pending the trial 
of the person for a crime.’’. 
(b) Section 922(d) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) is subject to a pretrial release order that 
prohibits the person from purchasing, possessing, or 
receiving firearms.’’. 
(c) Section 922(t) of such title is amended— 
(1) 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 fire-
arm by the licensee to such other person or the re-
ceipt of a firearm by such other person would violate 
subsection (d), (g), or (n) of this section’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘receipt’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
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knowing sale or disposition of a firearm to the per-
son, or the receipt of a firearm by the person would 
not violate subsection (d), (g), or (n)’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘that 
possession’’ and inserting ‘‘that knowing sale or dis-
position of a firearm by a licensee to such other per-
son or that possession’’; 
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘receipt’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘know-
ing 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 
(5) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘receipt’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘know-
ing 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)’’. 
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 sub-
section (g) or (n) of section 922 and is not a person to 
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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 section 922(d) or State law’’ before the 
comma. 
(c) BRADY
HANDGUN
VIOLENCE
PREVENTION 
ACT.—Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Pre-
vention 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 fire-
arm would violate subsection (d), (g),’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(g)’’ 
or 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 
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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 fol-
lows after ‘‘respect to persons,’’ and inserting ‘‘to 
whom the knowing sale or disposition of, or for 
whom receipt of, a firearm is prohibited by sub-
section (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 (34 U.S.C. 40911)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘a 
person is disqualified from possessing or receiv-
ing a firearm under subsection (g)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the knowing sale or disposition of a fire-
arm to a person or receipt of a firearm by a 
person is prohibited by subsection (d), (g),’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (b)(2)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘after the’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘after a court martial imposes a pre-
trial release order or the’’; and 
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(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 prohib-
ited 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 fire-
arm under subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘are 
described in one of the categories under sub-
section (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 OR-
DERS RESTRICTING FIREARM POSSESSION 
TO NICS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to make grants to States and Indian tribes for 
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