House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025
Official title: To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
Sponsor: Rep. Eric Swalwell D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3740.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SWALWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 95, June 4, 2025, Page H2470):Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 189 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3740, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3740
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
114 cosponsors — 114 Democrats
0 of 114 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC) and 84 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eric Swalwell.
- H.R. 820 (119th) Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
- H.R. 3607 (119th) MARSHALS Act
- H.R. 7380 (119th) IRAN Act
- H.R. 6284 (119th) Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Workers Act
- H.R. 403 (119th) Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act
- H.R. 7988 (119th) Safe Passage to the World Cup Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.