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