I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 511 
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 
JANUARY 11, 2019 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 
Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN
F. BOYLE
of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. CLARK of 
Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, 
Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. HAALAND, 
Mrs. HAYES, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER of New 
Hampshire, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of 
New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, 
Ms. MOORE, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NOR-
TON, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PRICE 
of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL of California, 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 
HIMES, and Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois) 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. 
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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 ‘‘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)’’ before the period at 
the end; and 
(2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in 
subparagraph (C), the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘municipal,’’ 
after ‘‘State,’’; and 
(C) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or by’’ and inserting 
‘‘by’’; and 
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘, or by a dating 
partner (as defined in section 2266) of the 
victim’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF LIST OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO A 
RESTRAINING OR SIMILAR ORDER TO WHOM 
A FIREARM IS PROHIBITED FROM BEING 
SOLD OR DISPOSED. 
Section 922(d)(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; 
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‘‘(B) that restrains such person from— 
‘‘(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. 4. EXPANSION OF LIST OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO A 
RESTRAINING OR SIMILAR ORDER PROHIB-
ITED FROM POSSESSING OR RECEIVING A 
FIREARM. 
Section 922(g)(8) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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