I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7171 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
award grants for providing legal resources for petitioners seeking extreme 
risk protection orders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2026 
Ms. CHU (for herself, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LYNCH, 
Mr. FROST, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. MCBATH, 
and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to award grants for providing legal resources 
for petitioners seeking extreme risk protection orders, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Legal Access 
Grants Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LEGAL RESOURCES FOR EXTREME RISK PROTEC-
TION ORDER PETITIONERS. 
Subpart I of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 509 as section 510; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 508 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 509. LEGAL RESOURCES FOR EXTREME RISK PRO-
TECTION ORDER PETITIONERS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
PETITIONER.—The term ‘cov-
ered petitioner’ means an individual who is eligible 
to seek an extreme risk protection order from an ap-
plicable State or Tribal court. 
‘‘(2) EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER.—The 
term ‘extreme risk protection order’ means a written 
order or warrant, issued by a State or Tribal court 
or signed by a magistrate or other comparable judi-
cial officer, the primary purpose of which is to re-
duce the risk of firearm-related death or injury by— 
‘‘(A) prohibiting a named individual from 
owning, purchasing, possessing, receiving, or 
having under the custody or control of the indi-
vidual a firearm; or 
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‘‘(B) having a firearm removed or requir-
ing the surrender of a firearm from a named 
individual. 
‘‘(3) FIREARM.—The term ‘firearm’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 921 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
award grants to States, local governments, and Trib-
al Governments for the purpose of providing legal 
representation and resources to covered petitioners. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A State, local govern-
ment, or Tribal Government that receives a grant 
under paragraph (1) may use amounts from the 
grant to— 
‘‘(A) ensure covered petitioners have access 
to counsel and interpretation and translation 
services; 
‘‘(B) establish legal resources centers— 
‘‘(i) for publishing and distributing in-
formation and responding to inquiries re-
lating to the extreme risk protection order 
legal process of the applicable State or 
Tribal Government; and 
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‘‘(ii) that focus on expanding re-
sources in multiple languages other than 
English; 
‘‘(C) hire personnel to— 
‘‘(i) process and represent covered pe-
titioners, such as personnel in local district 
attorney offices and law enforcement agen-
cies; or 
‘‘(ii) serve as legal resource coordina-
tors; 
‘‘(D) award subgrants to nonprofit organi-
zations that provide community legal aid; and 
‘‘(E) train legal service providers, law en-
forcement officers, prosecutors, court personnel, 
and other individuals on the differences between 
an extreme risk protection order and a domestic 
violence protection order to ensure that victims 
of domestic violence seek the form of protection 
order that best addresses their safety needs. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2028 through 2034.’’. 
SEC. 3. JURISDICTION OF FEDERAL COURTS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
petitioner’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
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509(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968, as added by section 2 of this Act. 
(b) NO JURISDICTION.—No Federal court may exer-
cise jurisdiction over a Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
cause of action in response to a covered petitioner filing 
a petition for an extreme risk protection order if the cov-
ered petitioner did not file a false or intentionally 
harassing petition. 
Æ 
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