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119-hr-5672119th Congress

Reducing Unnecessary Slowdowns in Handling Act

Sponsored By: Representative Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]

Introduced

Summary

Strict deadlines and public reporting. This bill would require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to complete most permit-related applications within 90 days and certain licenses under 18 U.S.C. 923 within 60 days, and it would create an appeals route plus routine public metrics to expose delays.

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  • Applicants would gain a formal appeals process to challenge denials and to compel completion when processing misses the statutory timeframes.
  • The public and congressional oversight would get a report every 90 days with counts of applications received, approved, denied, and pending, processing times, and summaries of reasons for delays and denials.
  • ATF operations would be pushed to identify and fix causes of delay and to revise duplicative reviews and procedures while implementing the law using funds already available to the Bureau and without hiring new personnel or buying extra resources.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Faster ATF permits and public reports

If enacted, ATF would face firm deadlines to process applications. License applications under 18 U.S.C. § 923 would have to be finished within 60 calendar days after receipt. All other ATF applications would have to be finished within 90 calendar days after receipt. Starting within 90 days of enactment, and every 90 days, ATF would post public reports on counts, processing times, reasons for delays, and reasons for denials. The bill would require an appeals process to challenge denials or to force processing when deadlines are missed. ATF would need to find and fix causes of delay and cut duplicate steps. ATF would have to do this with existing salary funds and could not hire new staff or buy new resources.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]

    KS • R

    Sponsored 10/10/2025

  • Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2]

    KS • R

    Sponsored 1/20/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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