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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2184
5	5	To enforce the requirement that the National Instant Criminal Background
6	6	Check System make a final disposition of requests to correct its records
7	7	within 60 days, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH18, 2025
10	10	Mr. E
11	11	MMER(for himself, Mr. BEANof Florida, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, Mr.
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13	13	OST, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. ESTES,
14	14	Mr. F
15	15	INSTAD, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. NORMAN, Ms.
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17	17	ENNEY, Mr. TIMMONS, and Mr. RESCHENTHALER) introduced the fol-
18	18	lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
19	19	A BILL
20	20	To enforce the requirement that the National Instant Crimi-
21	21	nal Background Check System make a final disposition
22	22	of requests to correct its records within 60 days, and
23	23	for other purposes.
24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
25	25	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
26	26	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
27	27	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Firearm Due Process 4
28	28	Protection Act’’. 5
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32	32	SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT OF DEADLINE FOR FINAL DISPOSI-1
33	33	TION OF REQUESTS TO CORRECT RECORDS 2
34	34	OF THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACK-3
35	35	GROUND CHECK SYSTEM; DUE PROCESS PRO-4
36	36	TECTIONS. 5
37	37	Section 925A of title 18, United States Code, is 6
38	38	amended— 7
39	39	(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) I
40	40	NGENERAL.—’’ before 8
41	41	‘‘Any person’’; 9
42	42	(2) by inserting ‘‘or aggrieved by a violation of 10
43	43	the penultimate sentence of section 103(g) of the 11
44	44	Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act’’ after ‘‘(s) 12
45	45	or (t) of section 922’’; 13
46	46	(3) by striking the last sentence; and 14
47	47	(4) by adding after and below the end the fol-15
48	48	lowing: 16
49	49	‘‘(b) P
50	50	ROCEDURALRULES.— 17
51	51	‘‘(1) E
52	52	XPEDITED HEARING .—The court shall 18
53	53	hold a hearing on an action brought under sub-19
54	54	section (a), within 30 days after the action is 20
55	55	brought. 21
56	56	‘‘(2) B
57	57	URDEN OF PROOF .—At such a hearing, 22
58	58	the respondent shall bear the burden of proving by 23
59	59	clear and convincing evidence that the individual is 24
60	60	ineligible to receive or possess a firearm. 25
61	61	‘‘(c) R
62	62	EMEDIES.— 26
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66	66	‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The court shall assess 1
67	67	against the respondent reasonable attorney fees and 2
68	68	other litigation costs reasonably incurred in an ac-3
69	69	tion brought under subsection (a) in which the com-4
70	70	plainant has substantially prevailed. 5
71	71	‘‘(2) S
72	72	UBSTANTIALLY PREVAILED .—For pur-6
73	73	poses of this section, a complainant has substantially 7
74	74	prevailed if the complainant has obtained relief 8
75	75	through— 9
76	76	‘‘(A) a judicial order; 10
77	77	‘‘(B) an enforceable written agreement or 11
78	78	consent decree; or 12
79	79	‘‘(C) a voluntary or unilateral change in 13
80	80	position by the United States, if the complain-14
81	81	ant’s claim is not insubstantial.’’. 15
82	82	SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS ON DISPOSI-16
83	83	TION OF CHALLENGES TO ACCURACY OF 17
84	84	RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMI-18
85	85	NAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM. 19
86	86	The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 20
87	87	shall submit annually to the Committee on the Judiciary 21
88	88	of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 22
89	89	the Judiciary of the Senate a written report that speci-23
90	90	fies— 24
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94	94	(1) the total number of challenges to the accu-1
95	95	racy of the records of the National Instant Criminal 2
96	96	Background Check System (in this section referred 3
97	97	to as the ‘‘NICS system’’) established under section 4
98	98	103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act 5
99	99	that were received by the NICS system during the 6
100	100	year covered by the report; 7
101	101	(2) the total number of the challenges that were 8
102	102	processed to final disposition by the NICS system; 9
103	103	(3) the total number of the challenges with re-10
104	104	spect to which the initial determination of the NICS 11
105	105	system was reversed, and with respect to those chal-12
106	106	lenges, the total number in which each reason for 13
107	107	the initial determination was made; 14
108	108	(4) the total number of the challenges with re-15
109	109	spect to which the initial determination of the NICS 16
110	110	system was not reversed, and with respect to those 17
111	111	challenges, the total number in which each reason 18
112	112	for not doing so was made; and 19
113	113	(5) the average length of time needed to com-20
114	114	plete the processing of the challenges referred to in 21
115	115	paragraph (2). 22
116	116	SEC. 4. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 23
117	117	It is the sense of the Congress that— 24
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121	121	(1) the right of the people to keep and bear 1
122	122	arms is a fundamental component of self-govern-2
123	123	ment, self-defense, and the preservation of individual 3
124	124	liberty; 4
125	125	(2) deprivation of the constitutional right to 5
126	126	bear arms requires due process under the Fifth and 6
127	127	Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the 7
128	128	United States; 8
129	129	(3) ignoring appeals of determinations made by 9
130	130	the National Instant Criminal Background Check 10
131	131	System (NICS) violates due process; and 11
132	132	(4) NICS should have the burden of showing a 12
133	133	valid reason for the denial of this constitutional 13
134	134	right. 14
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