[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 2814 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 340
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2814

                          [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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             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. Garcia 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. Barragan, 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
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               22, 2021]

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                                 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.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    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.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 340

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2814

                          [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