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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2048 |
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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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JUNE20, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | LUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. W |
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| 13 | 13 | | HITEHOUSE, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. |
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| 15 | 15 | | ARREN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. |
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| 17 | 17 | | IRONO, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. |
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| 19 | 19 | | ILLIBRAND, Mr. REED, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. VAN |
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| 21 | 21 | | OLLEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. COONS) introduced the |
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| 22 | 22 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the |
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| 23 | 23 | | Judiciary |
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| 24 | 24 | | A BILL |
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| 25 | 25 | | To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, |
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| 26 | 26 | | and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of |
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| 27 | 27 | | gun trace information in civil proceedings. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Access to Jus-4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tice for Victims of Gun Violence Act’’. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | •S 2048 IS |
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| 36 | 36 | | SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PROTEC-1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | TION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT. 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sections 2 through 4 of the Protection of Lawful 3 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Commerce in Arms Act (15 U.S.C. 7901–7903) are re-4 |
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| 40 | 40 | | pealed. 5 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SEC. 3. DISCOVERABILITY AND ADMISSIBILITY OF GUN 6 |
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| 42 | 42 | | TRACE INFORMATION IN CIVIL PRO-7 |
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| 43 | 43 | | CEEDINGS. 8 |
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| 44 | 44 | | The contents of the Firearms Trace System database 9 |
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| 45 | 45 | | maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau 10 |
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| 46 | 46 | | of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall not be 11 |
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| 47 | 47 | | immune from legal process, shall be subject to subpoena 12 |
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| 48 | 48 | | or other discovery, shall be admissible as evidence, and 13 |
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| 49 | 49 | | may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, and 14 |
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| 50 | 50 | | testimony or other evidence may be permitted based on 15 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the data, on the same basis as other information, in a civil 16 |
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| 52 | 52 | | action in any State (including the District of Columbia) 17 |
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| 53 | 53 | | or Federal court or in an administrative proceeding. 18 |
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