H.R. 7171 119th Congress House

Fair Legal Access Grants Act

Official title: 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.

Introduced: January 21, 2026 Introduced by: Judy Chu Democratic · California See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

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To President

Became law

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced in House

Jan 21, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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What's happening now January 21, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
GIFFORDS
for GIFFORDS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
3 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
3 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
2 filings
Education, Dept of
1 filing
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 8

Frost, Maxwell

Florida · Jan 21, 2026

Goldman, Daniel S.

New York · Jan 21, 2026

Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"

Georgia · Jan 21, 2026

Lynch, Stephen F.

Massachusetts · Jan 21, 2026

McBath, Lucy

Georgia · Jan 21, 2026

Moskowitz, Jared

Florida · Jan 21, 2026

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Jan 21, 2026

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Jan 21, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7171: Fair Legal Access Grants Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7171/

MLA

"H.R. 7171: Fair Legal Access Grants Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7171/.

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H.R. 7171, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7171/.

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