,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1 
#bjbd ,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself1 ,mrs4   
,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4 ,budd1    
,mr4 ,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4       
,daines1 ,ms4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,marshall1  
,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4 ,ricketts1 ,mr4      
,risch1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,scott of     
,florida1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4 ,vance1 and
 ,mr4 ,crapo7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to provide firearm licensees an
 opportunity to correct statutory and   
regulatory violations1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fighting           
,irrational ,regulatory ,enforcement to 
,avert ,retailers' ,misfortune ,act or  
the ,,firearm ,act4  #b4 ,firearm       
licensing revocations and denials  7a7  
,self-,reported violations2 opportunity 
,to correct violations ,section #ibc7;e7
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is

 amended--  7#a7 by inserting 7#a7 after
 7e72 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the
 following3  7#b7  7,a7 ,the ,attorney  
,general may not bring an enforcement   
action to revoke1 or deny a renewal of1 
a license for a violation of any        
provision of this chapter or any        
implementing regulation thereof on the  
basis of a self-reported violation4     
7,b7 ,in the case of a self-reported    
violation1 the ,attorney ,general       
shall--  7i7 assist the licensee to     
correct the self-reported violation2 and
  7ii7 provide the licensee with        
instructions and compliance training    
designed to assist the licensee in      
avoiding repetition of the self-reported
 violation in the future4  7#c7  7,a7   
,before initiating an enforcement action
 under this subsection1 the ,attorney   
,general shall provide the licensee with
 actual notice of the violation giving  
rise to the enforcement action1 which   
shall include1 at a minimum-- 7i7 a     
detailed explanation of the substance of

 the violation2  7ii7 all evidence or   
documentation in the possession of the  
,attorney ,general regarding the        
enforcement action2 and  7iii7 a        
statement that the ,attorney ,general   
will not initiate the enforcement action
 if the licensee corrects the violation 
by the date that is #cj business days   
after the date on which the licensee    
receives the notice4  7,b7 ,the         
,attorney ,general may bring an         
enforcement action under this subsection
 against a licensee described in        
subparagraph 7,a7 if-- 7i7 #cj business 
days have elapsed since the date on     
which the licensee received the notice  
of the violation required under that    
subparagraph2 and  7ii7 the licensee has
 not corrected the violation4  7#d7 ,the
 ,attorney ,general may not bring an    
enforcement 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 7#b7 or 7#c74  4  7b7     

,direct judicial review of license      
revocations ,section #ibc7;f7 of title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
 7#a7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking ,if
 and inserting ,except as provided in   
paragraph 7#c71 if2  7#b7 by            
redesignating paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#d7  
as paragraphs 7#d7 and 7#e71            
respectively2 and  7#c7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#b7 the following3     
7#c7  7,a7 ,during the #aj-;business-day
 period beginning on the date on which a
 license holder receives a written      
notice of revocation of the license     
under paragraph 7#a71 the license       
holder1 in lieu of requesting a hearing 
under paragraph 7#b71 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 revocation4     
7,b7 ,if a license holder files a       
petition with a ,united ,states district
 court under subparagraph 7,a71 the     

,attorney ,general shall stay the       
effective date of the revocation until  
the court issues a judgment4  7,c7 ,in a
 proceeding conducted under this        
paragraph1 the court may consider any   
evidence submitted by the parties to the
 proceeding4  7,d7 ,if the court decides
 that the ,attorney ,general was not    
authorized to revoke the license1 the   
court shall order the ,attorney ,general
 to take such action as may be necessary
 to comply with the judgment of the     
court4  4  7c7 ,definitions ,section    
#iba7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7#ch7 ,the term         
self-reported violation means a         
violation 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 discovers the   
violation during an inspection of the   
licensee under this chapter4  7#ci7 ,the
 term willfully has the meaning given   

the term in section #eccf7;h7 of title  
#ca1 except that-- 7,a7 the term only   
includes conduct resulting from or      
achieved through deliberate planning or 
specific intent2  7,b7 willfulness shall
 not be inferred from previous conduct2 
and  7,c7 minor1 clerical1 or curable   
conduct is presumptively not willful4  4