Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023

H.R. 4184 · 118th Congress · Jun 15, 2023 · Lineage

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.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023”.

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Sections 2 through 4 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (15 U.S.C. 7901–7903) are repealed.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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Jun 15, 2023viewing Introduced in House Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Crow, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Balint, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Bush, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casten, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Meng, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Repeal of certain provisions of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

Sec. 3 Discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings

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