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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 6717 (Introduced in House) — To ensure that the background check system used for firearms purchasers denies a firearm to a person prohibited from... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Amendments to the Gun Control Act of 1968

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1968 Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The term pretrial release order means an order of a Federal, State, tribal, or local court that governs the release of an arrested person pending the trial of the person for a crime. . Section 922(d) of such title is amended— in paragraph (8), by striking or at the end; in paragraph (9), by striking the period and inserting ; or ; and by inserting after paragraph
(9)the following: is subject to a pretrial release order that prohibits the person from purchasing, possessing, or receiving firearms. . Section 922(t) of such title is amended— 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 such other person would violate subsection (d), (g), or
(n)of this section ; in paragraph (2), 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); 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 that possession ; in paragraph (4), 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 in paragraph (5), 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 receipt of a firearm by such other person would violate subsection (d), (g), or
(n).
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