Bill Details
HR.1068 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-06 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-02-06
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
7
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This bill would make it easier for gun manufacturers, gun sellers, and gun trade groups to move certain lawsuits from state court into federal court. If one of these defendants says a case is a “qualified civil liability action” under current law, they could ask to have the case transferred to the federal court covering that area. Once there, the federal court could decide whether the lawsuit fits that category and, if it does, dismiss it.
- It applies to civil lawsuits filed in state court against manufacturers, sellers, or trade associations.
- The defendant could remove the case to federal court if it believes the lawsuit is one that current law protects against.
- The federal court would be allowed to decide whether the case is covered by that protection.
- If the court finds the case is a covered claim, it could dismiss the lawsuit.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1068 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1068
To amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to provide for
the removal and dismissal of qualified civil liability actions.
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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
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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.''.
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