Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This bill would allow private firearms ownership information to be subpoenaed using the National Trace Center of the ATF. This is a major issue in which simple civil legal process would provide gun ownership information to whomever legally requests it.
Title: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Subject: Law
Description: 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.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 22, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1338/all-info
Companion Bill: HB2814
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25 sponsors: Richard Blumenthal (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Richard Durbin (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Jack Reed (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Dianne Feinstein (D); Robert Menendez (D); Edward Markey (D); Thomas Carper (D); Cory Booker (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Amy Klobuchar (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Alex Padilla (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Tim Kaine (D); Robert Casey (D); Ron Wyden (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Christopher Coons (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 22 2021 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 26 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill