S. 1922 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Jun 2, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryProtects gun dealers who self-report violations
The bill stops the ATF (the federal agency that oversees firearms) from taking away or refusing to renew a gun dealer's license based on violations the dealer reports to the ATF themselves, as long as the violation didn't involve selling a gun to someone who isn't allowed to own one. The protection applies even to violations that happened before the bill becomes law.
How it affects you
Gun dealers who discover they've broken firearms rules could now report those mistakes to the ATF without risking losing their license, as long as the mistake didn't involve selling to prohibited people. For most other people, this would have little direct effect on daily life.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Jun 2, 2025)
Fighting Irrational Regulatory Enforcement to Avert Retailers’ Misfortune Act or the FIREARM Act
This 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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 1922
A BILL
FIREARM Act
Sponsor: Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) · Introduced Jun 2, 2025 · Crime and Law Enforcement · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jun 2, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.”