I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4173 
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 
Mr. GOLDMAN of New York (for himself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MAGAZINER, 
Mr. FROST, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. GARCIA of California, Ms. 
NORTON, and Mrs. RAMIREZ) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred 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: 
‘‘(39) 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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(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)’’ 
and 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 
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.’’. 
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(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(b) (34 U.S.C. 40911(b))— 
(A) in paragraph (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 paragraph (2)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘after the’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘after a court martial imposes a pre-
trial 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 
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)— 
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(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) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
pretrial release order’’ means an order of a State, Tribal, 
or local court that governs the release of an arrested indi-
vidual 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). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General may 
make grants to States and Indian Tribes for the purpose 
of reporting information about covered pretrial release or-
ders to the national instant criminal background check 
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system established under section 103 of the Brady Hand-
gun 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 (34 
U.S.C. 10132(c)(19)) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Na-
tional Criminal History Improvement Program’’) or sec-
tion 103 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007 (34 U.S.C. 40913) (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘NICS Act Record Improvement Program’’). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2026 through 2030 to carry out this section. 
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