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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7471 

To provide firearm licensees an opportunity to correct statutory and 

regulatory violations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2024 

Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide firearm licensees an opportunity to correct 

statutory and regulatory violations, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fighting Irrational 

5 Regulatory Enforcement to Avert Retailers’ Misfortune 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘FIREARM Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FIREARM LICENSING REVOCATIONS AND DENIALS. 

8 (a) SELF-REPORTED VIOLATIONS; OPPORTUNITY TO

9 CORRECT VIOLATIONS.—Section 923(e) of title 18, 

10 United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; and 

2 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(2)(A) The Attorney General may not bring an en4 forcement action to revoke, or deny a renewal of, a license 

5 for a violation of any provision of this chapter or any im6 plementing regulation thereof on the basis of a self-re7 ported violation. 

8 ‘‘(B) In the case of a self-reported violation, the At9 torney General shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) assist the licensee to correct the self-re11 ported violation; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) provide the licensee with instructions and 

13 compliance training designed to assist the licensee in 

14 avoiding repetition of the self-reported violation in 

15 the future. 

16 ‘‘(3)(A) Before initiating an enforcement action 

17 under this subsection, the Attorney General shall provide 

18 the licensee with actual notice of the violation giving rise 

19 to the enforcement action, which shall include, at a min20 imum— 

21 ‘‘(i) a detailed explanation of the substance of 

22 the violation; 

23 ‘‘(ii) all evidence or documentation in the pos24 session of the Attorney General regarding the en25 forcement action; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) a statement that the Attorney General 

2 will not initiate the enforcement action if the li3 censee corrects the violation by the date that is 30 

4 business days after the date on which the licensee 

5 receives the notice. 

6 ‘‘(B) The Attorney General may bring an enforce7 ment action under this subsection against a licensee de8 scribed in subparagraph (A) if— 

9 ‘‘(i) 30 business days have elapsed since the 

10 date on which the licensee received the notice of the 

11 violation required under that subparagraph; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the licensee has not corrected the violation. 

13 ‘‘(4) The Attorney General may not bring an enforce14 ment action on the basis of any violation of any provision 

15 of this chapter or any implementing regulation thereof 

16 that has been corrected pursuant to paragraph (2) or 

17 (3).’’. 

18 (b) DIRECT JUDICIAL REVIEW OF LICENSE REVOCA19 TIONS.—Section 923(f) of title 18, United States Code, 

20 is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘If’’ and in22 serting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), if’’; 

23 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

24 paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 


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1 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(3)(A) During the 10-business-day period beginning 

4 on the date on which a license holder receives a written 

5 notice of revocation of the license under paragraph (1), 

6 the license holder, in lieu of requesting a hearing under 

7 paragraph (2), may file a petition with the United States 

8 district court for the district in which the license holder 

9 resides or has his or her principle place of business for 

10 a judicial review of the revocation. 

11 ‘‘(B) If a license holder files a petition with a United 

12 States district court under subparagraph (A), the Attor13 ney General shall stay the effective date of the revocation 

14 until the court issues a judgment. 

15 ‘‘(C) In a proceeding conducted under this para16 graph, the court may consider any evidence submitted by 

17 the parties to the proceeding. 

18 ‘‘(D) If the court decides that the Attorney General 

19 was not authorized to revoke the license, the court shall 

20 order the Attorney General to take such action as may 

21 be necessary to comply with the judgment of the court.’’. 

22 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 

23 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(38) The term ‘self-reported violation’ means a vio2 lation by a licensee of any provision of this chapter or any 

3 implementing regulation thereof that the licensee reports 

4 to the Attorney General before the Attorney General dis5 covers the violation during an inspection of the licensee 

6 under this chapter. 

7 ‘‘(39) The term ‘willfully’ has the meaning given the 

8 term in section 5336(h) of title 31, except that— 

9 ‘‘(A) the term only includes conduct resulting 

10 from or achieved through deliberate planning or spe11 cific intent; 

12 ‘‘(B) willfulness shall not be inferred from pre13 vious conduct; and 

14 ‘‘(C) minor, clerical, or curable conduct is pre15 sumptively not willful.’’. 

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