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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3566 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

provide for a grant program regarding firearms. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 20, 2013 

Ms. MOORE (for herself, Ms. EDWARDS, and Ms. KELLY of Illinois) 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 provide for a grant program regarding 

firearms. 

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 ‘‘Domestic Violence 

5 Criminal Disarmament Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM REGARDING FIREARMS. 

7 Section 506(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

8 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3756(b)) is amend9 ed— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘1 or more States or units of 

2 local government, for 1 or more of the purposes 

3 specified in section 501, pursuant to his determina4 tion that the same is necessary’’; 

5 (2) by inserting before paragraph (1) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(1) 1 or more States or units of local govern8 ment, for 1 or more of the purposes specified in sec9 tion 501, pursuant to his determination that the 

10 same is necessary—’’; 

11 (3) by redesignating paragraph (1) as subpara12 graph (A); 

13 (4) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (A) by striking the period at the end and 

15 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

16 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as sub17 paragraph (B); and 

18 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(2) 1 or more States, if that State has dem20 onstrated, in the determination of the Attorney Gen21 eral, that the State has adopted policies, procedures, 

22 protocols, laws or regulations pertaining to the pos23 session or transfer of firearms or ammunition that— 

24 ‘‘(A) impose restrictions and penalties sub25 stantially similar to or more comprehensive 


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1 than those in paragraphs (8) and (9) of sub2 section (d) and paragraphs (8) and (9) of sub3 section (g) of section 922 of title 18, United 

4 States Code; 

5 ‘‘(B) require that State and local courts— 

6 ‘‘(i) consider whether an individual 

7 being prosecuted for a crime for which the 

8 restrictions described in paragraph (1) 

9 apply possesses firearms that— 

10 ‘‘(I) have been or are likely to be 

11 used to threaten, harass, menace, or 

12 harm the victim or the victim’s child; 

13 or 

14 ‘‘(II) may otherwise pose a dan15 ger to the victim and the victim’s 

16 child; 

17 ‘‘(ii) consider whether an individual 

18 who is subject to any other protection 

19 order as defined by section 2266(s) of title 

20 18, United States Code, or who is subject 

21 to any other protection order for which the 

22 restrictions described in paragraph (1) do 

23 not ordinarily apply possesses firearms 

24 that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) have been or are likely to be 

2 used to threaten, harass, menace, or 

3 harm the victim; or 

4 ‘‘(II) may otherwise pose a dan5 ger to the victims; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) order the seizure or surrender of 

7 firearms and ammunition from individuals 

8 subject to the restrictions described in 

9 paragraph (1) or any of the findings speci10 fied in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph 

11 (A) or clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph 

12 (B); 

13 ‘‘(C) are designed to ensure that State or 

14 local law enforcement execute the seizure or 

15 surrender of firearms and ammunition author16 ized in paragraph (2)(C) when a person subject 

17 to a protection order or a person being pros18 ecuted for or convicted of a crime for which the 

19 restrictions described in paragraph (1) apply is 

20 reported to possess firearms and the firearms 

21 are obtained or possessed illegally; 

22 ‘‘(D) provide for the seizure or surrender 

23 of firearms and ammunition described in para24 graph (2)(C) and return of such firearms and 

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1 ty of persons victimized by individuals who are 

2 subject to protection orders or charged or con3 victed of a crime for which the restrictions de4 scribed in paragraph (1) apply; and 

5 ‘‘(E) give State and local law enforcement 

6 the authority, to the extent allowable under 

7 Federal laws and the United States Constitu8 tion, to seize firearms or ammunition when re9 sponding to domestic violence situations where 

10 there is probable cause to believe such firearms 

11 and ammunition are contraband, illegally in the 

12 possession of the offender, have been or are 

13 likely to be used to threaten, harass, menace, or 

14 harm the victim, or may otherwise pose a dan15 ger to the victim.’’. 

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