Union Calendar No. 340
117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
[Report No. 117–436]
To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
April 22, 2021
Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Bass, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Bush, Mrs. Demings, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Newman, Ms. Norton, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Titus, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Crow, and Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
July 26, 2022
Additional sponsors: Ms. Meng, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Casten, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Himes, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Porter, Mr. Crist, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Speier, Ms. Manning, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Dean, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Jacobs of California, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Lamb, Ms. Stevens, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Escobar, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Torres of California, and Mr. Higgins of New York
July 26, 2022
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 22, 2021]
To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2022”.
SEC. 2. Repeal of certain provisions of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
Sections 2 through 4 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (15 U.S.C. 7901–7903) are repealed.
SEC. 3. Discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
The contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall not be immune from legal process, shall be subject to subpoena or other discovery, shall be admissible as evidence, and may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, and testimony or other evidence may be permitted based on the data, on the same basis as other information, in a civil action in any State (including the District of Columbia) or Federal court or in an administrative proceeding.
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[Report No. 117–436] | |||||
A BILL | |||||
To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings. | |||||
July 26, 2022 | |||||
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed |