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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1068 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to provide |
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| 6 | 6 | | for the removal and dismissal of qualified civil liability actions. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY6, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | AGEMAN(for herself, Mr. CRANE, and Mr. GOSAR) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act |
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| 14 | 14 | | to provide for the removal and dismissal of qualified |
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| 15 | 15 | | civil liability actions. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protection of Lawful 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Commerce in Arms Act Federal Jurisdiction Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ‘‘PLCAA Federal Jurisdiction Act’’. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •HR 1068 IH |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. REMOVAL AND DISMISSAL OF QUALIFIED CIVIL LI-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ABILITY ACTIONS. 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 3 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Arms Act (15 U.S.C. 7902) is amended by adding at the 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | end the following: 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(c) R |
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| 31 | 31 | | EMOVAL ANDDISMISSAL.— 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(1) R |
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| 33 | 33 | | EMOVAL.—In any civil action in a State 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | court in which a defendant that is a manufacturer, 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | seller, or trade association asserts that the civil ac-9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tion is a qualified civil liability action, that defend-10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ant may remove the civil action to the district court 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of the United States for the district and division em-12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | bracing the place where the civil action is pending. 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 41 | 41 | | ISMISSAL.—The district court of the 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | United States to which a civil action is removed 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | under paragraph (1) may— 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(A) determine whether the civil action is 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | a qualified civil liability action; and 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(B) dismiss the civil action accordingly.’’. 19 |
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