Fair Legal Access Grants Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7171 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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 Representatives 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''. SEC. 2. LEGAL RESOURCES FOR EXTREME RISK PROTECTION 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 PROTECTION ORDER PETITIONERS. ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Covered petitioner.--The term `covered petitioner' means an individual who is eligible to seek an extreme risk protection order from an applicable 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 judicial officer, the primary purpose o