I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2670 
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 
MAY 25, 2017 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of 
Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY of Con-
necticut, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Mr. HIMES, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. KEATING, Mr. DELANEY, and Mr. HOYER) 
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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Domestic 
Violence and Stalking Victims Act’’. 
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) in paragraph (32)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and an individual’’ and in-
serting ‘‘an individual’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, or a dating partner (as 
defined in section 2266) or former dating part-
ner’’ before the period at the end; and 
(2) in paragraph (33)(A)(ii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or by’’ and inserting 
‘‘by’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, or by a dating partner 
(as defined in section 2266) or former dating 
partner of the victim’’ before the period at the 
end. 
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 court order described in 
subsection (g)(8); 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— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘that’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A)(i) that was issued after a hearing of 
which such person received actual notice, and at 
which such person had an opportunity to par-
ticipate; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, relat-
ing 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 reasonable 
time after the order is issued, sufficient to 
protect the person’s right to due process; 
‘‘(B) that restrains such person from— 
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‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, threatening, 
or engaging in other conduct that would 
put an individual in reasonable fear of bod-
ily injury to such individual, including an 
order that was issued at the request of an 
employer on behalf of its employee or at 
the request of an institution of higher edu-
cation on behalf of its student; or 
‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit-
ness from testifying in court; and’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘intimate partner or child’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘individual 
described in subparagraph (B)’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘that’’ be-
fore ‘‘includes’’; and 
(C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘that’’ be-
fore ‘‘by its’’. 
SEC. 5. STALKING PROHIBITIONS. 
(a) SALES OR OTHER DISPOSITIONS OF FIREARMS 
OR AMMUNITION.—Section 922(d) of title 18, United 
States Code, as amended by section 3 of this Act, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(8); 
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‘‘(B) a crime that involves conduct which 
would be prohibited by section 2261A if com-
mitted within the special maritime and terri-
torial jurisdiction of the United States,’’. 
Æ 
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