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Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] · R–WY
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill would let a defendant manufacturer, seller, or trade association move a state-court civil lawsuit to federal court by asserting that it is a “qualified civil liability action” under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. The federal court could then decide whether the lawsuit fits that category and dismiss it accordingly. These are proposed changes; the supplied record does not establish enactment.
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:
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.
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.
Section 1 names the proposal the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act Federal Jurisdiction Act,” or “PLCAA Federal Jurisdiction Act.”
This Act may be cited as the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act Federal Jurisdiction Act or the PLCAA Federal Jurisdiction Act.
Section 2 would allow a defendant manufacturer, seller, or trade association to transfer a state-court civil lawsuit to the federal district court for the district and division covering the place where it is pending. This transfer, called removal, would be permitted when the defendant asserts that the lawsuit is a “qualified civil liability action”; the proposed removal provision does not require a prior court determination that it qualifies.
(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.
After removal under this provision, the federal district court could determine whether the lawsuit is a qualified civil liability action and dismiss it accordingly. The proposed language permits these steps; it does not require automatic dismissal upon the defendant's assertion.
(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.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated December 5, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 6, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-05T22:50:04Z. 2025-02-06: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-02-06: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-06. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
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No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified after reviewing the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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The supplied introduced text contains a class-specific procedural benefit. Its role as the bill's main policy does not exclude it from this category, and classification does not imply improper motive.
Defendant manufacturers, sellers, and trade associations would receive an express removal right: they could move a state-court civil action to the corresponding federal district court by asserting that it is a “qualified civil liability action.” This procedural treatment is limited to the listed defendant categories and is the bill's main policy. The supplied text does not establish the full scope of those categories or how this proposed right compares with existing removal rights.
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.
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