,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dihj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjaf    
,mr4 ,emmer of ,minnesota 7for himself1 
,mr4 ,abraham1 ,mr4 ,des,jarlais1 ,mr4  
,fincher1 ,mr4 ,forbes1 ,mr4 ,guinta1   
,mr4 ,jody ,b4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4  
,kelly of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,king of  
,iowa1 ,mr4 ,zinke1 ,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4    
,westerman1 and ,mr4 ,gosar7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,national       
,instant ,criminal ,background ,check   
,system to make a final disposition of  
requests to correct its records within  
#fj days1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,firearm ,due ,process ,protection  
,act 4  #b4 ,deadline for final         
disposition of requests to correct      
records of the ,national ,instant       
,criminal ,background ,check ,system    
,section #ajc7;g7 of the ,brady ,handgun
 ,violence ,prevention ,act 7#ah        

,u4,s4,c4 #ibb note7 is amended--  7#a7 
by striking ,if and inserting the       
following3  7#a7 ,in general ,if  2     
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
 ,the ,attorney ,general shall make a   
final disposition of any information so 
submitted1 within #fj days after receipt
 of the information42 and  7#c7 by      
adding after and below the end the      
following new paragraph3  7#b7 ,private 
right of action  7,a7 ,in general ,an   
individual aggrieved by a violation of  
the last sentence of paragraph 7#a7 may 
bring an action in the ,united ,states  
district court for the district in which
 the individual attempted to acquire a  
firearm for a declaratory judgment on   
the eligibility of the individual to    
receive and possess a firearm4  7,b7    
,expedited hearing ,the court shall hold
 a hearing on such an action within #cj 
days after the action is brought4  7,c7 
,burden of proof ,at such a hearing1 the
 ,united ,states shall bear the burden  
of proving by clear and convincing      

evidence that the individual is         
ineligible to receive or possess a      
firearm4  7,d7 ,remedies ,if the        
government does not so prove the        
ineligibility1 the court shall order the
 ,attorney ,general to correct or remove
 the erroneous records of the national  
instant criminal background check system
 with respect to the individual within  
#e business days1 and shall award the   
individual the costs of bringing the    
action and a reasonable attorney's fee4 
4  #c4 ,annual reports to the ,congress 
on disposition of challenges to accuracy
 of records of the ,national ,instant   
,criminal ,background ,check ,system    
,the ,director of the ,federal ,bureau  
of ,investigation shall submit annually 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,senate a written report that           
specifies--  7#a7 the total number of   
challenges to the accuracy of the       
records of the ,national ,instant       

,criminal ,background ,check ,system 7in
 this section referred to as the ,,nics 
system7 established under section #ajc  
of the ,brady ,handgun ,violence        
,prevention ,act that were received by  
the ,,nics system during the year       
covered by the report2  7#b7 the total  
number of the challenges that were      
processed to final disposition by the   
,,nics system2  7#c7 the total number of
 the challenges with respect to which   
the initial determination of the ,,nics 
system was reversed1 and with respect to
 those challenges1 the total number in  
which each reason for the initial       
determination was made2  7#d7 the total 
number of the challenges with respect to
 which the initial determination of the 
,,nics system was not reversed1 and with
 respect to those challenges1 the total 
number in which each reason for not     
doing so was made2 and  7#e7 the average
 length of time needed to complete the  
processing of the challenges referred to
 in paragraph 7#b74  #d4 ,sense of the  

,congress ,it is the sense of the       
,congress that-- 7#a7 the right of the  
people to keep and bear arms is a       
fundamental component of self-government
 and the preservation of individual     
liberty2  7#b7 deprivation of the       
constitutional right to bear arms       
requires due process under the ,fifth   
and ,fourteenth ,amendments to the      
,constitution of the ,united ,states2   
and  7#c7 ignoring appeals of           
determinations made by the ,national    
,instant ,criminal ,background ,check   
,system violates due process4