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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2044 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 31, 2017 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. REED, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

MARKEY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. MURRAY, 

Ms. WARREN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. BOOKER, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and 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) in paragraph (32)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘and an individual’’ and in8 serting ‘‘an individual’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or a dating partner (as 

10 defined in section 2266) or former dating part11 ner’’ before the period at the end; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (33)(A)(ii)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘or by’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘by’’; and 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or by a dating partner 

16 (as defined in section 2266) or former dating 

17 partner of the victim’’ before the period at the 

18 end. 

19 SEC. 3. UNLAWFUL SALE OF FIREARM TO A PERSON SUB20 JECT TO COURT ORDER. 

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

22 amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(8) is subject to a court order described in 

24 subsection (g)(8); or’’. 


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

2 SIMILAR ORDER PROHIBITED FROM POS3 SESSING OR RECEIVING A FIREARM EX4 PANDED. 

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

6 amended— 

7 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

8 by striking ‘‘that’’; 

9 (2) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 

10 inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(A)(i) that was issued after a hearing of 

12 which such person received actual notice, and at 

13 which such person had an opportunity to par14 ticipate; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, relat16 ing to which notice and opportunity to be heard 

17 are provided— 

18 ‘‘(I) within the time required by 

19 State, tribal, or territorial law; and 

20 ‘‘(II) in any event within a reasonable 

21 time after the order is issued, sufficient to 

22 protect the due process rights of the per23 son; 

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

25 ‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, threatening, 

26 or engaging in other conduct that would 


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1 put an individual in reasonable fear of bod2 ily injury to such individual, including an 

3 order that was issued at the request of an 

4 employer on behalf of its employee or at 

5 the request of an institution of higher edu6 cation on behalf of its student; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit8 ness from testifying in court; and’’; and 

9 (3) in subparagraph (C)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘intimate partner or child’’ 

11 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘individual 

12 described in subparagraph (B)’’; 

13 (B) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘that’’ be14 fore ‘‘includes’’; and 

15 (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘that’’ be16 fore ‘‘by its’’. 

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