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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1923 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic 

violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2021 

Mr. HIMES (for himself and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more 

victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers 

from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Lori Jackson Domestic 

5 Violence Survivor Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS OF ‘‘INTIMATE PARTNER’’ AND ‘‘MIS2 DEMEANOR CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE’’ 

3 EXPANDED. 

4 Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) by inserting before paragraph (32) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(31) The term ‘covered domestic violence court 

9 order’ means a court order— 

10 ‘‘(A) that was issued— 

11 ‘‘(i) after a hearing of which such per12 son received actual notice, and at which 

13 such person had an opportunity to partici14 pate; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, 

16 relative to which notice and opportunity to 

17 be heard are provided— 

18 ‘‘(I) within the time required by 

19 State, tribal, or territorial law; and 

20 ‘‘(II) in any event within a rea21 sonable time after the order is issued, 

22 sufficient to protect the due process 

23 rights of the person; 

24 ‘‘(B) that restrains such person from— 

25 ‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, or threat26 ening an intimate partner of such person 


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1 or child of such intimate partner or person, 

2 or engaging in other conduct that would 

3 place an intimate partner in reasonable 

4 fear of bodily injury to the partner or 

5 child; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit7 ness from testifying in court; and 

8 ‘‘(C) that— 

9 ‘‘(i) includes a finding that such per10 son represents a credible threat to the 

11 physical safety of such individual described 

12 in subparagraph (B); or 

13 ‘‘(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits 

14 the use, attempted use, or threatened use 

15 of physical force against such individual 

16 described in subparagraph (B) that would 

17 reasonably be expected to cause bodily in18 jury.’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (32), by striking all that fol20 lows after ‘‘The term ‘intimate partner’ ’’ and insert21 ing the following: ‘‘— 

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

23 spouse of the person, a former spouse of the person, 

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1 son, and an individual who cohabitates or has 

2 cohabited with the person; and 

3 ‘‘(B) includes— 

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

5 2266) or former dating partner; and 

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

7 a spouse who is protected by the domestic or 

8 family violence laws of the State, local, or tribal 

9 jurisdiction in which the injury occurred or 

10 where the victim resides.’’; and 

11 (3) in paragraph (33)(A)— 

12 (A) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Fed13 eral, State,’’ the following: ‘‘municipal,’’; and 

14 (B) in clause (ii)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘or the threatened’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘the threatened’’; 

17 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or stalking’’ after 

18 ‘‘deadly weapon’’; and 

19 (iii) by inserting ‘‘dating partner (as 

20 defined in section 2266),’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ 

21 each place it appears. 

22 SEC. 3. UNLAWFUL SALE OF FIREARM TO A PERSON SUB23 JECT TO COURT ORDER. 

24 Section 922(d)(8) of title 18, United States Code, is 

25 amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(8) is subject to a covered domestic violence 

2 court order; or’’. 

3 SEC. 4. LIST OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO A RESTRAINING OR 

4 SIMILAR ORDER PROHIBITED FROM POS5 SESSING OR RECEIVING A FIREARM EX6 PANDED. 

7 Section 922(g)(8) of title 18, United States Code, is 

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(8) who is subject to a covered domestic vio10 lence court order; or’’. 

11 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

12 The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 

13 (34 U.S.C. 40902 et seq.) is amended— 

14 (1) in section 3(1) (34 U.S.C. 40903(1)), by 

15 striking ‘‘court order (as described in section 

16 922(g)(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘covered domestic violence 

17 court order (as defined in section 921(a)’’; and 

18 (2) in section 102(b)(1)(C)(v) (34 U.S.C. 

19 40912(b)(1)(C)(v)), by striking ‘‘court order de20 scribed in section 922(g)(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘covered 

21 domestic violence court order, as defined in section 

22 921(a)’’. 

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