I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fighting Irrational 
Regulatory Enforcement to Avert Retailers’ Misfortune 
Act’’ or the ‘‘FIREARM Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FIREARM LICENSING REVOCATIONS AND DENIALS. 
(a) SELF-REPORTED VIOLATIONS; OPPORTUNITY TO 
CORRECT
VIOLATIONS.—Section 923(e) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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‘‘(iii) a statement that the Attorney General 
will not initiate the enforcement action if the li-
censee corrects the violation by the date that is 30 
business days after the date on which the licensee 
receives the notice. 
‘‘(B) The Attorney General may bring an enforce-
ment action under this subsection against a licensee de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) if— 
‘‘(i) 30 business days have elapsed since the 
date on which the licensee received the notice of the 
violation required under that subparagraph; and 
‘‘(ii) the licensee has not corrected the violation. 
‘‘(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).’’. 
(b) 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’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3)(A) During the 10-business-day period beginning 
on the date on which a license holder receives a written 
notice of revocation of the license under paragraph (1), 
the license holder, in lieu of requesting a hearing under 
paragraph (2), may file a petition with the United States 
district court for the district in which the license holder 
resides or has his or her principle place of business for 
a judicial review of the revocation. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(D) If the court decides that the Attorney General 
was not authorized to revoke the license, the court shall 
order the Attorney General to take such action as may 
be necessary to comply with the judgment of the court.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(38) The term ‘self-reported violation’ means a vio-
lation by a licensee of any provision of this chapter or any 
implementing regulation thereof that the licensee reports 
to the Attorney General before the Attorney General dis-
covers the violation during an inspection of the licensee 
under this chapter. 
‘‘(39) The term ‘willfully’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 5336(h) of title 31, except that— 
‘‘(A) the term only includes conduct resulting 
from or achieved through deliberate planning or spe-
cific intent; 
‘‘(B) willfulness shall not be inferred from pre-
vious conduct; and 
‘‘(C) minor, clerical, or curable conduct is pre-
sumptively not willful.’’. 
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