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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 569 

To protect victims of stalking from gun violence. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2019 

Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 

VARGAS, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mr. DESAULNIER, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of 

Puerto Rico, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 

BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of 

Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON

of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CICILLINE, 

Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, 

Mr. COHEN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CRIST, Mr. 

CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. 

DELBENE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FOSTER, 

Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HIGGINS

of New York, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 

KHANNA, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER

of New Hampshire, Mr. LAMB, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. TED

LIEU of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. 

LOWEY, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 

York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. MAST, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, 

Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 

Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCHNEIDER, 

Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 

Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr. SUOZZI) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 


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A BILL 

To protect victims of stalking from gun violence. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Zero Tolerance for Do5 mestic Abusers Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITION OF DATING PARTNERS AND INDIVIDUALS 

7 SUBJECT TO RESTRAINING ORDERS. 

8 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 

9 States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) by striking paragraph (32) and inserting 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(32) The term ‘intimate partner’— 

13 ‘‘(A) means with respect to a person, the spouse 

14 of the person, a former spouse of the person, an in15 dividual who is a parent of a child of the person, and 

16 an individual who cohabitates or has cohabited with 

17 the person; and 

18 ‘‘(B) includes— 

19 ‘‘(i) a dating partner (as defined in section 

20 2266); and 

21 ‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situated to 

22 a spouse.’’; 

23 (2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

2 striking ‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph 

3 (C), the term’’ and inserting ‘‘The term’’; 

4 (B) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘municipal,’’ 

5 after ‘‘State,’’; and 

6 (C) in clause (ii)— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘dating partner (as 

8 defined in section 2266),’’ after ‘‘former 

9 spouse,’’; and 

10 (ii) by inserting ‘‘dating partner (as 

11 defined in section 2266),’’ after ‘‘a 

12 spouse,’’ each place it appears; 

13 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (34) and (35) 

14 as paragraphs (35) and (36), respectively; and 

15 (4) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(34)(A) The term ‘misdemeanor crime of stalking’ 

18 means an offense that is a stalking misdemeanor under 

19 Federal, State, municipal, or Tribal law. 

20 ‘‘(B)(i) A person shall not be considered to have been 

21 convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, 

22 unless— 

23 ‘‘(I) the person was represented by counsel in 

24 the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the 

25 right to counsel in the case; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) in the case of a prosecution for an offense 

2 described in this paragraph for which a person was 

3 entitled to a jury trial in the jurisdiction in which 

4 the case was tried, either 

5 ‘‘(aa) the case was tried by a jury, or 

6 ‘‘(bb) the person knowingly and intel7 ligently waived the right to have the case tried 

8 by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 

9 ‘‘(ii) A person shall not be considered to have been 

10 convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter 

11 if the conviction has been expunged or set aside, or is an 

12 offense for which the person has been pardoned or has 

13 had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable juris14 diction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an 

15 offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration 

16 of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not 

17 ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’. 

18 (b) ADDITION OF STALKING.—Section 922 of title 

19 18, United States Code, is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (d)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (8)(B)(ii), by striking 

22 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

23 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe24 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 


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1 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of a mis4 demeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 

5 (2) in subsection (g)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking 

7 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

8 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 

9 comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

10 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of a mis13 demeanor crime of stalking,’’. 

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