Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (32)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and an individual’’ and in-
serting ‘‘an individual’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, an individual who is or 
was in a dating relationship with the person, or 
any other individual similarly situated to a 
spouse, including an individual who is protected 
by the domestic or family violence laws of the 
State or Tribal jurisdiction in which the abuse 
occurred or the victim resides’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (37)(A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(37)(A) The term ‘dating relationship’ means a rela-
tionship between individuals who have or have had, or in 
the case of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence have 
or have recently had, a continuing serious relationship of 
a romantic or intimate nature.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (37)(C), by striking ‘‘dating 
relationship’’ and inserting ‘‘continuing serious rela-
tionship’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF DATING PARTNERS’ CHILDREN IN 
DEFINITION OF ‘‘MISDEMEANOR CRIME OF DOMESTIC VI-
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OLENCE’’.—Section 921(a)(33)(A)(ii) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘victim, or by a person’’ and in-
serting ‘‘victim, by a person’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, or by a person who has a 
current or recent former dating relationship with the 
parent, guardian, or person similarly situated to a 
parent or guardian of the victim’’ before the period 
at the end. 
(c) NEW PROHIBITOR FOR MISDEMEANOR CRIMES 
OF STALKING.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 921(a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(39)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) 
and (C), the term ‘misdemeanor crime of stalking’ means 
an offense that— 
‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor under Federal, State, 
Tribal, or local law; and 
‘‘(ii) has as an element a course of harassment, 
intimidation, or surveillance that— 
‘‘(I) places a person in reasonable fear of 
actual harm to the health or safety of— 
‘‘(aa) that person; 
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‘‘(bb) an immediate family member 
(as defined in section 115) of that person; 
‘‘(cc) an individual who shares or has 
shared a residence with that person, with-
out regard to whether the individual is re-
lated to that person; 
‘‘(dd) an intimate partner of that per-
son; or 
‘‘(ee) the pet, service animal, or emo-
tional support animal (as those terms are 
defined in section 2266) of that person; or 
‘‘(II) causes, attempts to cause, or would 
reasonably be expected to cause emotional dis-
tress to a person described in item (aa), (bb), 
(cc), or (dd) of subclause (I). 
‘‘(B) A person shall not be considered to have been 
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, 
unless— 
‘‘(i) the person was represented by counsel in 
the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the 
right to counsel in the case; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a prosecution for an offense 
described in this paragraph for which a person was 
entitled to a jury trial in the jurisdiction in which 
the case was tried, either— 
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‘‘(I) the case was tried by a jury; or 
‘‘(II) the person knowingly and intel-
ligently waived the right to have the case tried 
by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 
‘‘(C) A person shall not be considered to have been 
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter 
if the conviction has been expunged or set aside, or is an 
offense for which the person has been pardoned or has 
had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable juris-
diction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an 
offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration 
of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not 
ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’; and 
(2) in section 922— 
(A) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 
and (11) as paragraphs (11) and (12), re-
spectively; 
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (9) 
the following: 
‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of a mis-
demeanor crime of stalking;’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (12), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘(10)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(11)’’; and 
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(B) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (9), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (9) 
the following: 
‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of a mis-
demeanor crime of stalking,’’. 
Æ 
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