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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1290
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 11, 2013
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To protect victims of stalking from gun violence.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Protecting Domestic Violence and
Stalking Victims Act of 2013
.
Addition of dating partners and individuals subject to restraining orders
Definition
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
by striking paragraph (32) and inserting the following:
The term intimate partner—
means with respect to a person, the spouse of the person, a former spouse of the person, an individual who is a parent of a child of the person, and an individual who cohabitates or has cohabited with the person; and
includes—
a dating partner (as defined in section 2266); and
any other person similarly situated to a spouse who is protected by the domestic or family violence laws of the State or tribal jurisdiction in which the injury occurred or where the victim resides.
; and
by inserting
intimate partner,
after former spouse,
;
and
by inserting
intimate partner,
after a spouse,
each place it
appears.
Addition of stalking
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (d)—
in paragraph
(8)(ii), by striking or
at the end;
in paragraph (9),
by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or
; and
by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of stalking.
; and
in subsection (g)—
in paragraph
(8)(C)(ii), by striking or
at the end;
in paragraph (9), by striking the comma at
the end and inserting ; or
; and
by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of stalking,
.