I 
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 fire-
arms, 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 pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Lori Jackson Domestic 
Violence Survivor Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS OF ‘‘INTIMATE PARTNER’’ AND ‘‘MIS-
DEMEANOR CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE’’ 
EXPANDED. 
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting before paragraph (32) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(31) The term ‘covered domestic violence court 
order’ means a court order— 
‘‘(A) that was issued— 
‘‘(i) after a hearing of which such per-
son received actual notice, and at which 
such person had an opportunity to partici-
pate; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, 
relative to which notice and opportunity to 
be heard are provided— 
‘‘(I) within the time required by 
State, tribal, or territorial law; and 
‘‘(II) in any event within a rea-
sonable time after the order is issued, 
sufficient to protect the due process 
rights of the person; 
‘‘(B) that restrains such person from— 
‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, or threat-
ening an intimate partner of such person 
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or child of such intimate partner or person, 
or engaging in other conduct that would 
place an intimate partner in reasonable 
fear of bodily injury to the partner or 
child; or 
‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit-
ness from testifying in court; and 
‘‘(C) that— 
‘‘(i) includes a finding that such per-
son represents a credible threat to the 
physical safety of such individual described 
in subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits 
the use, attempted use, or threatened use 
of physical force against such individual 
described in subparagraph (B) that would 
reasonably be expected to cause bodily in-
jury.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (32), by striking all that fol-
lows after ‘‘The term ‘intimate partner’ ’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘— 
‘‘(A) means, with respect to a person, the 
spouse of the person, a former spouse of the person, 
an individual who is a parent of a child of the per-
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son, and an individual who cohabitates or has 
cohabited with the person; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) a dating partner (as defined in section 
2266) or former dating partner; and 
‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situated to 
a spouse who is protected by the domestic or 
family violence laws of the State, local, or tribal 
jurisdiction in which the injury occurred or 
where the victim resides.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (33)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Fed-
eral, State,’’ the following: ‘‘municipal,’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or the threatened’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the threatened’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or stalking’’ after 
‘‘deadly weapon’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘dating partner (as 
defined in section 2266),’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ 
each place it appears. 
SEC. 3. UNLAWFUL SALE OF FIREARM TO A PERSON SUB-
JECT TO COURT ORDER. 
Section 922(d)(8) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(8) is subject to a covered domestic violence 
court order; or’’. 
SEC. 4. LIST OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO A RESTRAINING OR 
SIMILAR ORDER PROHIBITED FROM POS-
SESSING OR RECEIVING A FIREARM EX-
PANDED. 
Section 922(g)(8) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(8) who is subject to a covered domestic vio-
lence court order; or’’. 
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 
(34 U.S.C. 40902 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(1) (34 U.S.C. 40903(1)), by 
striking ‘‘court order (as described in section 
922(g)(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘covered domestic violence 
court order (as defined in section 921(a)’’; and 
(2) in section 102(b)(1)(C)(v) (34 U.S.C. 
40912(b)(1)(C)(v)), by striking ‘‘court order de-
scribed in section 922(g)(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘covered 
domestic violence court order, as defined in section 
921(a)’’. 
Æ 
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