S-1922 — FIREARM Act | YourVoice.Now

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Civil LibertiesTransparency & Accountability

Gun dealers could fix most licensing violations before ATF revokes a license — and challenge revocations directly in court.

Civil Liberties

Judicial review for dealers — Revocations reviewed fresh in federal court within 15 business days
Notice before enforcement — ATF must give a detailed explanation and all its evidence first
Cure period — Dealers get 30 business days to correct a cited violation

Transparency & Accountability

ATF revocation authority — Self-reported violations may not be the basis for revocation
Proof required for revocation — ATF must show deliberate intent by a preponderance
Scope of 'willful' — Narrowed to deliberate planning; clerical errors presumed not willful

The details

Gun dealers who break federal licensing rules would get a chance to fix the problem first. A violation the dealer reports before ATF finds it could not trigger license revocation. Two exceptions remain: violations that cannot be corrected, and selling a firearm to someone barred from having one. ATF would have to help the dealer fix the problem and provide compliance training. Before any enforcement action, ATF would have to give written notice and hand over all its evidence. The dealer would then have 30 business days to correct the violation. A dealer who still loses a license could go straight to federal court within 15 business days. The revocation would be paused until a judge rules, and the judge would review the case fresh. ATF could win only by proving a deliberate violation. Dealers who lost licenses under ATF's 2021 zero-tolerance policy could reapply.

Congressional Summary

Fighting Irrational Regulatory Enforcement to Avert Retailers’ Misfortune Act or the FIREARM ActThis bill prohibits the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from bringing an enforcement action to revoke or deny renewal of a federal firearms license on the basis of a self-reported violation that is correctable, so long as the violation did not involve the transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person.The term self-reported violation means a violation of a statutory provision or implementing regulation by a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a gun dealer) that the licensee reports to the ATF before it is discovered during a compliance inspection.The bill applies retroactively.

Legislative Subjects

Civil actions and liabilityFederal district courtsFirearms and explosivesJudicial review and appealsLicensing and registrations

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: Senate
Status: summarized
Action: Introduced in Senate
Action Date: 2025-06-02
Date Added: 2026-07-23
Source: Congress.gov →

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