H.R. 3740

119 HR 3740 IH: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-04
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3740  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025  .
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Sections 2 through 4 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7901–7903 ) are repealed.
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.