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Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025

To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.

Introduced Jun 4, 2025

Latest action (Jun 4, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Gun Policy

Summary

The Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act repeals sections 2 through 4 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which had provided certain legal protections to firearms manufacturers and dealers. The bill makes the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives available for subpoena and discovery in civil court proceedings and administrative proceedings. Data from this database would be admissible as evidence in civil actions and could be used, relied upon, or disclosed on the same basis as other information in state, federal, or administrative proceedings.

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Sponsor (1)
114 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Jun 4, 2025 Introduced in House

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 1955 — Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act · Introduced Jun 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 82%
  • HR 3770 — FIREARM Act · Introduced Sep 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HR 624 — RIFLE Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 4106 — Prevent Illegal Gun Sales Act · Introduced Jun 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 4821 — Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 4223 — Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act · Introduced Jun 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jun 4, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 4, 2025

Mr. Swalwell (for himself, Mr. Crow, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Amo, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Brown, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Peters, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Chu, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Frost, Mr. Bell, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Titus, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Schneider, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Casten, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Simon, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Omar, Ms. Dexter, Ms. Morrison, and Mr. Raskin) introduced the following bill; which was 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 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PROTECTION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT.

Sections 2 through 4 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (15 U.S.C. 7901-7903) are repealed.

SEC. 3. DISCOVERABILITY AND ADMISSIBILITY OF GUN TRACE INFORMATION IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS.

The contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall not be immune from legal process, shall be subject to subpoena or other discovery, shall be admissible as evidence, and may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, and testimony or other evidence may be permitted based on the data, on the same basis as other information, in a civil action in any State (including the District of Columbia) or Federal court or in an administrative proceeding. <all>

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