Blocks gun sales to people with court orders banning them from having firearms.
This bill would make sure that people who are out on pretrial release and have a court order saying they can't have firearms would be stopped from buying guns through federal background checks. It would add this restriction to the existing system and offer money to states and tribes to help report these orders. This means licensed gun dealers would have to deny sales to these individuals.
Today, federal law does not explicitly stop someone with a pretrial court order banning them from having firearms from buying a gun. The national background check system also doesn't check for such orders. If this bill becomes law, anyone with a court order prohibiting them from possessing firearms during pretrial release would be federally banned from buying or owning guns. This ban would be enforced through federal background checks. The bill would also set aside $25,000,000 each year from 2026 to 2030 to help states and tribes report these orders.
HR 4173 · 119th Congress · June 26, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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