I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3566 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for a grant program regarding firearms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2013 
Ms. MOORE (for herself, Ms. EDWARDS, and Ms. KELLY of Illinois) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to provide for a grant program regarding 
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 
Criminal Disarmament Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM REGARDING FIREARMS. 
Section 506(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3756(b)) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘1 or more States or units of 
local government, for 1 or more of the purposes 
specified in section 501, pursuant to his determina-
tion that the same is necessary’’; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) 1 or more States or units of local govern-
ment, for 1 or more of the purposes specified in sec-
tion 501, pursuant to his determination that the 
same is necessary—’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (1) as subpara-
graph (A); 
(4) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) 1 or more States, if that State has dem-
onstrated, in the determination of the Attorney Gen-
eral, that the State has adopted policies, procedures, 
protocols, laws or regulations pertaining to the pos-
session or transfer of firearms or ammunition that— 
‘‘(A) impose restrictions and penalties sub-
stantially similar to or more comprehensive 
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than those in paragraphs (8) and (9) of sub-
section (d) and paragraphs (8) and (9) of sub-
section (g) of section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(B) require that State and local courts— 
‘‘(i) consider whether an individual 
being prosecuted for a crime for which the 
restrictions described in paragraph (1) 
apply possesses firearms that— 
‘‘(I) have been or are likely to be 
used to threaten, harass, menace, or 
harm the victim or the victim’s child; 
or 
‘‘(II) may otherwise pose a dan-
ger to the victim and the victim’s 
child; 
‘‘(ii) consider whether an individual 
who is subject to any other protection 
order as defined by section 2266(s) of title 
18, United States Code, or who is subject 
to any other protection order for which the 
restrictions described in paragraph (1) do 
not ordinarily apply possesses firearms 
that— 
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‘‘(I) have been or are likely to be 
used to threaten, harass, menace, or 
harm the victim; or 
‘‘(II) may otherwise pose a dan-
ger to the victims; and 
‘‘(iii) order the seizure or surrender of 
firearms and ammunition from individuals 
subject to the restrictions described in 
paragraph (1) or any of the findings speci-
fied in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph 
(A) or clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph 
(B); 
‘‘(C) are designed to ensure that State or 
local law enforcement execute the seizure or 
surrender of firearms and ammunition author-
ized in paragraph (2)(C) when a person subject 
to a protection order or a person being pros-
ecuted for or convicted of a crime for which the 
restrictions described in paragraph (1) apply is 
reported to possess firearms and the firearms 
are obtained or possessed illegally; 
‘‘(D) provide for the seizure or surrender 
of firearms and ammunition described in para-
graph (2)(C) and return of such firearms and 
ammunition in a manner that protects the safe-
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ty of persons victimized by individuals who are 
subject to protection orders or charged or con-
victed of a crime for which the restrictions de-
scribed in paragraph (1) apply; and 
‘‘(E) give State and local law enforcement 
the authority, to the extent allowable under 
Federal laws and the United States Constitu-
tion, to seize firearms or ammunition when re-
sponding to domestic violence situations where 
there is probable cause to believe such firearms 
and ammunition are contraband, illegally in the 
possession of the offender, have been or are 
likely to be used to threaten, harass, menace, or 
harm the victim, or may otherwise pose a dan-
ger to the victim.’’. 
Æ 
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