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PLCAA Federal Jurisdiction Act

To amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to provide for the removal and dismissal of qualified civil liability actions.

Introduced Feb 6, 2025

Latest action (Feb 6, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Legislative subjects (6)
Civil actions and liabilityFederal district courtsFirearms and explosivesJurisdiction and venueManufacturingRetail and wholesale trades

Summary

This bill amends the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to allow firearms manufacturers, sellers, and trade associations to remove certain civil liability lawsuits from state court to federal court. When a defendant asserts that a civil action is a "qualified civil liability action" as defined under the PLCAA, the defendant may remove the case to federal district court. The federal court may then determine whether the civil action qualifies as a "qualified civil liability action" and dismiss it accordingly. The provision streamlines the procedure for moving these types of lawsuits to the federal court system.

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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Feb 6, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

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  • S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 1097 — SECURE Firearm Storage Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 1092 — WIPPES Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5450 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 484 — PLCAA Federal Jurisdiction Act · Introduced Feb 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 83%
  • HR 4481 — ARMS Act · Introduced Jul 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 1652 — Rectifying UDAAP Act · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 373 — SAGA Act · Introduced Jan 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • S 4775 — Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 5258 — Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2025 · Introduced Sep 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 6, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 6, 2025

Ms. Hageman (for herself, Mr. Crane, and Mr. Gosar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to provide for the removal and dismissal of qualified civil liability actions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act Federal Jurisdiction Act” or the “PLCAA Federal Jurisdiction Act”.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL AND DISMISSAL OF QUALIFIED CIVIL LIABILITY ACTIONS.

Section 3 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (15 U.S.C. 7902) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(c) Removal and Dismissal.—

“(1) Removal.—In any civil action in a State court in which a defendant that is a manufacturer, seller, or trade association asserts that the civil action is a qualified civil liability action, that defendant may remove the civil action to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where the civil action is pending.

“(2) Dismissal.—The district court of the United States to which a civil action is removed under paragraph (1) may—

“(A) determine whether the civil action is a qualified civil liability action; and

“(B) dismiss the civil action accordingly.”. <all>

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