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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4639 
To amend title 10 United States Code, to establish a punitive article in 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice on domestic violence, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2017 
Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Ms. JENKINS of Kansas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 10 United States Code, to establish a punitive 
article in the Uniform Code of Military Justice on domes-
tic violence, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Domestic Vio-
lence Reporting Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PUNITIVE ARTICLE IN THE UNIFORM CODE OF 
MILITARY JUSTICE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
(a) PUNITIVE ARTICLE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter X of chapter 47 
of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 928 (article 128) the fol-
lowing new section (article): 
‘‘§ 928a. Art 128a. Domestic violence 
‘‘(a) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Any person subject to 
this chapter who, unlawfully and with force or violence, 
attempts, offers to, or does intimidate, manipulate, humili-
ate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, 
hurt, injure, or wound another person of whom the person 
is an intimate partner is guilty of domestic violence and 
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(b) AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Any per-
son subject to this chapter who, in committing domestic 
violence, uses a weapon, means, or force in a manner likely 
to produce death or grievous bodily harm is guilty of ag-
gravated domestic violence and shall be punished as a 
court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(c) INTIMATE PARTNER DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘intimate partner’, in the case of a person, means 
another person— 
‘‘(1) who is the spouse or former spouse of the 
person; 
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‘‘(2) who shares a child in common with the 
person; 
‘‘(3) who cohabits or has cohabited with the 
person; 
‘‘(4) who is a dating partner of the person; or 
‘‘(5) of whom the person is situated as a parent 
or guardian or is similarly situated.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of subchapter X of chapter 47 of 
such title is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 928 (article 128) the 
following new item: 
‘‘928a. 128a. Domestic violence.’’. 
(B) 
COORDINATION
WITH
UCMJ
RE-
FORM.—Effective as of the effective date of the 
amendments made by the Military Justice Act 
of 2016 (division E of Public Law 114–328; 10 
U.S.C. 101 note), as provided in section 
5542(a) of that Act (130 Stat. 2967; 10 U.S.C. 
801 note), the table of sections at the beginning 
of subchapter X of chapter 47 of such title, as 
amended by section 5452 of that Act (130 Stat. 
2958), is further amended by inserting after 
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the item relating to section 928 (article 928) 
the following new item: 
‘‘928a. 128a. Domestic violence.’’. 
(C) COORDINATION OF AMENDMENTS.—If 
the date of the enactment of this Act occurs 
after the effective date of the amendments 
made by the Military Justice Act of 2016, as 
provided in section 5542(a) of that Act, sub-
paragraph (A) and the amendment made by 
that subparagraph shall not go into effect. 
(b) COORDINATION WITH PROHIBITIONS ON SALE, 
TRANSIT, OR POSSESSION OF FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION 
BY PERSONS CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Sec-
tion 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(9), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, or has been con-
victed by general or special court-martial of an of-
fense of domestic violence under section 928a of title 
10 (article 128a of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)(9), by inserting before the 
comma at the end the following: ‘‘, or who has been 
convicted by general or special court-martial of an 
offense of domestic violence under section 928a of 
title 10 (article 128a of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice)’’. 
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(c) PROMPT REPORTING OF CONVICTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations and pro-
cedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, each 
Secretary concerned shall submit to the Attorney 
General for inclusion in the national instant criminal 
background check system and other appropriate sys-
tems or databases the name and other appropriate 
information on each member of the Armed Forces 
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary who has 
been convicted of an offense under section 928a title 
10, United States Code (article 128a of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as added by subsection 
(a). 
(2) DEADLINE
FOR
REPORTING.—The name 
and other information on a member required to be 
submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be sub-
mitted not later than three days after the date of 
entry of judgment with respect to the member for 
the offense concerned. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘national instant criminal 
background check system’’ means the system 
established under section 103 of the Brady 
Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 
40901). 
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(B) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code. 
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