Fair Legal Access Grants Act

This bill would require the U.S. Attorney General to give grants to state, local, and tribal governments to provide legal help to people who are eligible to ask a court for an extreme risk protection order, which can bar a named person from having firearms or require their firearms to be removed. Grant money could pay for lawyers, interpreters and translation, legal resource centers with materials in multiple languages, staff to handle and represent petitioners, subgrants to nonprofit legal aid groups, and training on how these orders differ from domestic violence protection orders. The bill authorizes $50 million per year for fiscal years 2028 through 2034. It would also bar federal courts from hearing lawsuits brought in response to someone filing such a petition, unless the petition was false or intentionally harassing.

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Sponsors

• Judy Chu Democrat sponsor
• 8 cosponsors