I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2836 
To strengthen the enforcement of background checks with respect to the 
use of explosive materials. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2013 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. NEAL, Mr. BISHOP of New York, and Mr. KENNEDY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To strengthen the enforcement of background checks with 
respect to the use of explosive materials. 
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 ‘‘Explosive Materials 
Background Check Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS BACKGROUND CHECKS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18.—Chapter 40 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 841— 
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(A) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘smoke-
less powder and black powder substitutes,’’ 
after ‘‘black powder,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘the 
business of’’; 
(2) in section 842— 
(A) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (9), by striking the 
period and inserting a semicolon; and 
(ii) inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) is subject to a court order that restrains 
such person from harassing, stalking, or threatening 
an intimate partner of such person or child of such 
intimate partner or person, or engaging in other 
conduct that would place an intimate partner in rea-
sonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child, 
except that this paragraph shall only apply to a 
court order that— 
‘‘(A) was issued after a hearing of which 
such person received actual notice, and at which 
such person had the opportunity to participate; 
and 
‘‘(B)(i) includes a finding that such person 
represents a credible threat to the physical safe-
ty of such intimate partner or child; or 
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‘‘(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits the 
use, attempted use, or threatened use of phys-
ical force against such intimate partner or child 
that would reasonably be expected to cause bod-
ily injury; 
‘‘(11) has been convicted in any court of a mis-
demeanor crime of domestic violence; or 
‘‘(12) has received actual notice of the Attorney 
General’s determination made pursuant to sub-
section (d)(1)(B) or (j) of section 843 of this title.’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (i)— 
(i) in paragraph (7), by inserting a 
semicolon after ‘‘person’’; and 
(ii) inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) is subject to a court order that restrains 
such person from harassing, stalking, or threatening 
an intimate partner of such person or child of such 
intimate partner or person, or engaging in other 
conduct that would place an intimate partner in rea-
sonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child, 
except that this paragraph shall only apply to a 
court order that— 
‘‘(A) was issued after a hearing of which 
such person received actual notice, and at which 
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