I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8842 
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, 2024 
Mr. GOLDMAN of New York (for himself, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. AMO, and 
Mrs. HAYES) 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 purchases denies a firearm to a person prohibited 
from possessing a firearm by a lawful court order gov-
erning 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.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(38) 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.—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 pe-
riod 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 
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such other person would violate subsection (d), 
(g), or (n) of this section’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre-
ceding 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)— 
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(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 re-
ceipt 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 sub-
section (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 Pre-
vention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)(1)— 
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