‘‘(4) The Attorney General may not bring an enforce-
ment action on the basis of any violation of any provision 
of this chapter or any implementing regulation thereof 
that has been corrected pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) 
unless the violation involves a prohibited transfer of a fire-
arm or another uncorrectable violation which creates a di-
rect and acute risk of death or serious bodily injury as 
a result of the uncorrectable violation.’’. 
(c) DIRECT JUDICIAL REVIEW OF LICENSE REVOCA-
TIONS.—Section 923(f) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘If’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), if’’; 
and 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3)(A) If after a hearing held under paragraph (2) 
the Attorney General decides not to reverse his or her deci-
sion to deny an application or revoke a license, during the 
15-business-day period beginning on the date on which a 
license holder or applicant receives a written notice of rev-
ocation or denial, that aggrieved party may file a petition 
with the United States district court for the district in 
which the aggrieved party resides or has his or her prin-
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cipal place of business for a judicial review of the revoca-
tion or denial. 
‘‘(B) If a license holder files a petition with a United 
States district court under subparagraph (A), the Attor-
ney General shall stay the effective date of the revocation 
until the court issues a judgment. 
‘‘(C) In a proceeding conducted under this para-
graph, the court may consider any evidence submitted by 
the parties to the proceeding, shall review the Attorney 
General’s decision de novo, and shall uphold any revoca-
tion decision only upon a finding, by a preponderance of 
the evidence, that the license holder willfully violated the 
statute under this title or any implementing regulation. 
‘‘(D) If the court decides that the Attorney General 
did not have a sufficient basis to revoke or deny a license, 
the court shall order the Attorney General to take such 
action as may be necessary to comply with the judgment 
of the court.’’. 
SEC. 3. RETROACTIVE APPLICATION TO LICENSES RE-
VOKED UNDER ENHANCED REGULATORY EN-
FORCEMENT POLICY. 
(a) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—Notwithstanding 
any provision of law, the provisions of this Act shall apply 
retroactively to any licensee whose license was revoked or 
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denied pursuant to the Enhanced Regulatory Enforcement 
Policy announced on June 23, 2021. 
(b) RESTORATION OF LICENSES.—In the case of any 
licensee whose license was revoked or denied renewal pur-
suant to the Enhanced Regulatory Enforcement Policy, or 
who surrendered their license at the request or suggestion 
from an ATF Industry Operations Investigator during the 
course of an inspection with respect to which an Enhanced 
Regulatory Enforcement Policy type violation was cited or 
disclosed to the licensee, the Attorney General shall pro-
vide the licensee an opportunity to reapply for a license, 
and approve such application, provided the licensee— 
(1) has not been convicted of a violation that 
would otherwise prohibit the issuance of a license 
under section 923(d) of title 18, United States Code; 
and 
(2) submits evidence to demonstrate compliance 
with the relevant regulations, including corrective ac-
tion for previously cited violations. 
Æ 
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