US Congress House Bill 332 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-22 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act - Prohibits a court from dismissing an action against a manufacturer, seller, or trade association for damages or relief resulting from an alleged defect or negligence with respect to a product, or conduct that would be actionable under state common or statutory law in the absence of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, on the basis that the action is for damages or relief from the criminal, unlawful, or volitional use of a qualified product. Makes the contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) subject to subpoena or other discovery and admissible as evidence. Permits such contents to be used, relied on, or disclosed, and permits testimony or other evidence to be based on the data, on the same basis as other information in a civil action in any state or federal court or in an administrative proceeding.

Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act

Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/332/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr332/BILLS-113hr332ih.pdf