The Fair Legal Access Grants Act would establish a federal grant program to help people obtain extreme risk protection orders, which are court orders that temporarily remove firearms from individuals deemed to pose a significant risk of harm to themselves or others. The bill directs the Attorney General to award grants to states, local governments, and tribal governments to provide legal representation, counsel, translation services, and information resources to people seeking these orders. Grant funds can also be used to hire legal coordinators, establish multilingual legal resource centers, support nonprofit legal aid organizations, and train law enforcement and court personnel on how extreme risk protection orders differ from domestic violence orders. The legislation authorizes $50 million in funding annually for five years, from 2027 through 2031, and includes a provision preventing federal courts from intervening in extreme risk protection order cases unless a petitioner has filed a false or harassing petition.
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