HR 3820 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Firearm Due Process Protection Act

Introduced Jun 11, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Tom Emmer R-MN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 11, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Firearm Due Process Protection Act

This bill expands the grounds for pursuing judicial remedies related to certain firearm transfers. Additionally, the bill establishes procedural rules applicable to actions for judicial remedies.

Current law authorizes judicial remedies for an individual who is erroneously denied a firearm (e.g., an individual is denied a firearm but the individual is eligible to receive or possess a firearm). This bill authorizes remedies for an individual who experiences an extended delay (i.e., a delay of more than 60 days) on a firearm transfer.

Additionally, the bill requires an expedited hearing on an action for judicial remedies and places the burden of proof on the respondent to show by clear and convincing evidence that the individual was ineligible to receive or possess a firearm.


Cosponsors 62

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2021 to Nov 10, 2022; 48 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-GAAustin ScottOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-FLByron DonaldsOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-TNDavid KustoffOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-CADevin NunesOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-TNDiana HarshbargerOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-AKDon YoungOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-PAFred KellerOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-LAGarret GravesOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalJun 11, 2021
D-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-ALJerry L. CarlOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-MNJim HagedornOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-GAJody B. HiceOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-PAJohn JoyceOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-FLKat CammackOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-INLarry BucshonOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-WYLiz CheneyOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-MTMatthew M. Rosendale, Sr.OriginalJun 11, 2021
R-MNMichelle FischbachOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-MNPete StauberOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-IARandy FeenstraOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalJun 11, 2021
R-ALRobert B. AderholtOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-TXRonny JacksonOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-IDRuss FulcherOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-TNScott DesJarlaisOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-NCTed BuddOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-WIThomas P. TiffanyOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-CATom McClintockOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-SCTom RiceOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-TXTony GonzalesOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-KSTracey MannOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-NMYvette HerrellOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-ILMike BostJun 15, 2021
R-NDKelly ArmstrongJun 16, 2021
R-OHBob GibbsJun 17, 2021
R-LAClay HigginsJun 17, 2021
R-OKStephanie I. BiceJun 22, 2021
R-PAGlenn ThompsonJun 30, 2021
R-TXMichael C. BurgessJul 20, 2021
R-ALMo BrooksJul 20, 2021
R-SDDusty JohnsonJul 21, 2021
R-LAJulia LetlowOct 20, 2021
R-WIBryan SteilOct 28, 2021
R-CAKen CalvertMay 31, 2022
R-CAConnie ConwayJul 26, 2022
R-MNBrad FinstadNov 10, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 11, 2021
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Nov 1, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Jun 11, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jun 11, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 102, June 11, 2021, page H2709.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1817Firearm Due Process Protection ActReintroduction ofMay 3, 2019
HR 7873Firearm Due Process Protection ActReintroduced BillApr 5, 2024

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To enforce the requirement that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System make a final disposition of requests to correct its records within 60 days, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Firearm Due Process Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 11, 2021Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.