PLCAA Federal Jurisdiction Act

[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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