February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025
Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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.