[House Prints 117-61]
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                                                  JULY 25, 2022
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                                          RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 117-61
                                          
                                   TEXT OF H.R. 2814, THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUS-
                                   
                                      TICE FOR VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE ACT OF 2022

                                  [Showing the text of H.R. 2814, as ordered reported                                  
                                       by the Committee on the Judiciary.]





                                    1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                                    
                                    2    This Act may be cited as the ï¿½ï¿½Equal Access to Jus-
                                    
                                    3 tice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2022ï¿½ï¿½.
                                    
                                    4 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PROTEC-
                                    
                                    5         TION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT.
                                    
                                    6    Sections 2 through 4 of the Protection of Lawful
                                    
                                    7 Commerce in Arms Act (15 U.S.C. 7901-7903) are re-
                                    
                                    8 pealed.
                                    
                                    9 SEC. 3. DISCOVERABILITY AND ADMISSIBILITY OF GUN
                                    
                                    10         TRACE  INFORMATION  IN  CIVIL  PRO-
                                    
                                    11         CEEDINGS.
                                    
                                    12   The contents of the Firearms Trace System database
                                    
                                    13 maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau
                                    
                                    14 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall not be
                                    
                                    15 immune from legal process, shall be subject to subpoena
                                    
                                    16 or other discovery, shall be admissible as evidence, and
                                    
                                    17 may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, and




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