S2186-119

In Committee

Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act

119th Congress Introduced Jun 26, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HEB973D2809BB4261AAF25F917C36E5B3: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act.
  • Section H8ECFACC3A6D14FEC879F956F20FB306B: 2. Amendments to the Gun Control Act of 1968 Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The term pretrial...
  • Section H2100B68BA4AC48F59369E4DABED9B58A: 3. Conforming amendments 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...
  • Section H7D15F87C555E490486564A787D21EBA1: 4. Funds for States that report pretrial orders restricting firearm possession to NICS In this section, the term covered pretrial release order means an order...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Civil Rights Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 26, 2025

Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. …

Jun 26, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jun 26, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Civil Rights Defense
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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