SEC. 2. PERSONS SUBJECT TO FIREARM RESTRAINING OR-
DERS AND PERSONS CONVICTED OF VIOLENT 
MISDEMEANORS 
PROHIBITED 
FROM 
POS-
SESSING FIREARMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) is subject to a court order that— 
‘‘(A) is temporary in nature, and may be 
renewed for additional temporary periods; 
‘‘(B) requires the removal of firearms from 
the subject of the order, including requiring the 
subject to surrender firearms in his or her con-
trol, ownership, or possession to a law enforce-
ment officer, a federally licensed firearm dealer, 
or third party; 
‘‘(C) includes a finding that the subject of 
the order poses a risk of personal injury to such 
person or other persons; and 
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‘‘(D) was initiated by a law enforcement 
officer, a prosecutor, a current or former 
spouse, parent, or guardian of the subject of 
the order, by a person with whom the subject 
shares a child in common, by a person who has 
cohabited with the subject as a spouse, parent, 
or guardian, by a person similarly situated to a 
spouse, parent, or guardian of the subject, or 
by a person with whom the subject of the order 
cohabits; or 
‘‘(11) except as provided in paragraph (9), dur-
ing the previous 5-year period, has been convicted of 
a misdemeanor crime of violence.’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) who is subject to a court order that— 
‘‘(A) is temporary in nature, and may be 
renewed for additional temporary periods; 
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‘‘(B) requires the removal of firearms from 
the subject of the order, including requiring the 
subject to surrender firearms in his or her con-
trol, ownership, or possession to a law enforce-
ment officer, a federally licensed firearm dealer, 
or third party; 
‘‘(C) includes a finding that the subject of 
the order poses a risk of personal injury to such 
person or other persons; and 
‘‘(D) was initiated by a law enforcement 
officer, a prosecutor, a current or former 
spouse, parent, or guardian of the subject of 
the order, by a person with whom the subject 
shares a child in common, by a person who has 
cohabited with the subject as a spouse, parent, 
or guardian, by a person similarly situated to a 
spouse, parent, or guardian of the subject, or 
by a person with whom the subject of the order 
cohabits; or 
‘‘(11) except as provided in paragraph (9), dur-
ing the previous 5-year period, has been convicted of 
a misdemeanor crime of violence,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (s)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘member of the household’’ and inserting ‘‘fam-
ily or household member’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (8)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘such individual.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection—’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) the term ‘chief law enforcement officer’ 
means the chief of police, the sheriff, or an equiva-
lent officer or the designee of any such individual; 
and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘family or household member’ 
means, with respect to a transferee, any— 
‘‘(i) parent, spouse, sibling, or child related 
by blood, marriage, or adoption to the trans-
feree; 
‘‘(ii) dating partner of the transferee; 
‘‘(iii) individual who has a child in common 
with the transferee, regardless of whether the 
individual has— 
‘‘(I) been married to the transferee; or 
‘‘(II) lived together with the trans-
feree at any time; 
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‘‘(iv) individual who resides or has resided 
with the transferee during the past year; 
‘‘(v) domestic partner of the transferee; 
‘‘(vi) individual who has a legal parent- 
child relationship with the transferee, including 
a stepparent-stepchild and grandparent-grand-
child relationship; and 
‘‘(vii) individual who is acting or has acted 
as the legal guardian of the transferee.’’. 
(b) MISDEMEANOR
CRIME
OF
VIOLENCE
DE-
FINED.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(36) The term ‘misdemeanor crime of violence’ 
means a crime of violence (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 16(a)), which is a misdemeanor under Federal, State, 
or Tribal law.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to court orders entered 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY DUE TO DISQUALIFYING MENTAL 
STATUS. 
(a) UNLAWFUL ACTS RELATED TO FIREARMS.—Sec-
tion 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective’’ each place 
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such term appears and inserting ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible 
due to disqualifying mental status’’. 
(b) POSSESSION BY RESTRICTED PERSONS.—Section 
175b(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to disqualifying mental 
status’’. 
(c) UNLAWFUL ACTS RELATED TO EXPLOSIVES.— 
Section 842 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(6), by striking ‘‘adju-
dicated a mental defective’’ and inserting ‘‘adju-
dicated as ineligible due to disqualifying mental sta-
tus’’; and 
(2) in subsection (i)(4), by striking ‘‘adju-
dicated as a mental defective’’ and inserting ‘‘adju-
dicated as ineligible due to disqualifying mental sta-
tus’’. 
(d) NICS IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS ACT
OF 
2007.—The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 
(34 U.S.C. 40902 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defec-
tive’’ each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘adjudicated as ineligible due to disqualifying men-
tal status’’; 
(2) in section 101(c)(3)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘adjudicate a person as a men-
tal defective’’ and inserting ‘‘adjudicate a per-
son as ineligible due to disqualifying mental 
status’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘ad-
judicate the person as a mental defective’’ and 
inserting ‘‘adjudicate the person as ineligible 
due to disqualifying mental status’’. 
Æ 
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