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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 4184 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide |
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| 6 | 6 | | for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in |
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| 7 | 7 | | civil proceedings. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JUNE15, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | CHIFF(for himself, Mr. EVANS, Mr. CROW, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. |
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| 13 | 13 | | ALINT, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BUSH, Mr. |
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| 15 | 15 | | ARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | ONNOLLY, Ms. DEANof Pennsylvania, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. |
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| 19 | 19 | | ESAULNIER, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Ms. LOISFRANKELof |
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| 20 | 20 | | Florida, Mr. F |
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| 21 | 21 | | ROST, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. ROBERTGARCIAof California, |
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| 22 | 22 | | Mr. G |
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| 23 | 23 | | OMEZ, Mr. HIGGINSof New York, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSONof |
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| 24 | 24 | | Georgia, Mr. K |
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| 25 | 25 | | HANNA, Mr. KIMof New Jersey, Ms. LEEof California, |
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| 26 | 26 | | Mr. L |
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| 27 | 27 | | YNCH, Ms. MENG, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. |
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| 29 | 29 | | ORTON, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. |
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| 31 | 31 | | CANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof Georgia, Ms. STE- |
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| 32 | 32 | | VENS, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. |
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| 34 | 34 | | ORRESof New York, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, and Ms. WILSONof |
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| 35 | 35 | | Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 36 | 36 | | mittee on the Judiciary |
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| 37 | 37 | | A BILL |
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| 38 | 38 | | To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, |
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| 39 | 39 | | and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of |
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| 40 | 40 | | gun trace information in civil proceedings. |
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| 41 | 41 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | •HR 4184 IH |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 47 | 47 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Access to Jus-2 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023’’. 3 |
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| 49 | 49 | | SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PROTEC-4 |
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| 50 | 50 | | TION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT. 5 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Sections 2 through 4 of the Protection of Lawful 6 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Commerce in Arms Act (15 U.S.C. 7901–7903) are re-7 |
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| 53 | 53 | | pealed. 8 |
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| 54 | 54 | | SEC. 3. DISCOVERABILITY AND ADMISSIBILITY OF GUN 9 |
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| 55 | 55 | | TRACE INFORMATION IN CIVIL PRO-10 |
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| 56 | 56 | | CEEDINGS. 11 |
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| 57 | 57 | | The contents of the Firearms Trace System database 12 |
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| 58 | 58 | | maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau 13 |
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| 59 | 59 | | of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall not be 14 |
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| 60 | 60 | | immune from legal process, shall be subject to subpoena 15 |
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| 61 | 61 | | or other discovery, shall be admissible as evidence, and 16 |
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| 62 | 62 | | may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, and 17 |
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| 63 | 63 | | testimony or other evidence may be permitted based on 18 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the data, on the same basis as other information, in a civil 19 |
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| 65 | 65 | | action in any State (including the District of Columbia) 20 |
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| 66 | 66 | | or Federal court or in an administrative proceeding. 21 |
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