[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6753 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6753

 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

                           December 13, 2023

Ms. Hageman (for herself, Mr. Fry, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Ogles, Mrs. McClain, 
Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Clyde) 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.--In any action before a State court in 
which a defendant that is a manufacturer, seller, or trade association 
asserts that the action is a qualified civil liability action, the 
manufacturer, seller, or trade association may remove the action to the 
district court of the United States for the district and division 
embracing the place wherein it is pending, and such district court of 
the United States shall have jurisdiction to determine whether such 
action is a qualified civil liability action, and dismiss the action 
accordingly.''.
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