I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3813 
To establish a grant program to encourage States to adopt certain policies 
and procedures relating to the transfer and possession of firearms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2015 
Ms. MOORE (for herself, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Ms. EDWARDS) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to encourage States to adopt 
certain policies and procedures relating to the transfer 
and possession of firearms. 
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 ‘‘Domestic Violence Gun 
Homicide Prevention Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM REGARDING FIREARMS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Direc-
tor of the Office of Community Oriented Policing 
Services of the Department of Justice may make 
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arms or ammunition (as those terms are defined in section 
921 of title 18, United States Code) that— 
(1) impose restrictions and penalties substan-
tially similar to or more comprehensive than those 
described in paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection 
(d) and paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection (g) of 
section 922 of title 18, United States Code; 
(2) requires the seizure or surrender of all fire-
arms and ammunition from an individual— 
(A) convicted of any crime for which the 
restrictions or penalties described in paragraph 
(1) apply; or 
(B) against whom any court has issued a 
protection order, as defined in section 2266(5) 
of title 18, United States Code; 
(3) require the State and local courts to con-
sider at the initial appearance before a magistrate of 
any individual arrested for any crime for which the 
restrictions or penalties described in paragraph (1) 
apply, if the individual possesses a firearm or ammu-
nition that has been or is likely to be used to threat-
en, harass, menace, or harm the victim or the vic-
tim’s child, or may otherwise pose a danger to the 
victim or the victim’s child and issue a protection 
order, as defined in section 2266(5) of title 18, 
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United States Code, in which the State or local 
court shall prohibit the possession of any firearm or 
ammunition and require the surrender or seizure of 
any firearm or ammunition then possessed; 
(4) give State and local law enforcement the au-
thority, consistent with the Constitution of the 
United States, to seize a firearm or ammunition 
when responding to domestic violence situations, if 
there is probable cause to believe— 
(A) such firearm or ammunition is contra-
band or illegally in the possession of the sus-
pected offender; and 
(B) such firearm or ammunition has been 
or is likely to be used to threaten, harass, men-
ace, or harm the victim or the victim’s child, or 
may otherwise pose a danger to the victim or 
the victim’s child; and 
(5) provide for the safe return of any firearm 
or ammunition seized or surrendered as described in 
paragraph (2), (3), or (4)— 
(A) at such time as— 
(i) the restrictions and penalties of 
paragraph (1) no longer apply to such in-
dividual; 
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(ii) the protection order described in 
paragraph (2) or (3) is no longer in force 
against such individual; or 
(iii) the firearm or ammunition de-
scribed in paragraph (4) is determined not 
to be contraband or illegally in the sus-
pected offender’s possession; and 
(B) in a manner that does not endanger 
the safety of persons who were the victim of 
any crime described in paragraph (1) or sus-
pected crime described in paragraph (4) or who 
were the persons protected by the protection 
order described in paragraph (2) or (3). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
Æ 
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