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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3301
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent persons who have
committed domestic abuse from obtaining a firearm.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 1993
Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. DELAURO,
and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent persons
who have committed domestic abuse from obtaining a
firearm.
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
Firearm Prevention Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) domestic violence is the leading cause of in-
jury to women in the United States between the
ages of 15 and 44;
(2) firearms are used by the abuser in 7 per-
cent of domestic violence incidents; and
(3) individuals with a history of domestic abuse
should not have easy access to firearms.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISPOSAL OF FIREARMS TO,
OR RECEIPT OF FIREARMS BY, PERSONS WHO
HAVE COMMITTED DOMESTIC ABUSE.
(a) PROHIBITION
AGAINST
DISPOSAL
OF
FIRE-
ARMS.—Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(6);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (7) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(8)(A) has been convicted in any court of the
United States of an offense that—
‘‘(i) has as an element the use, attempted
use, or threatened use of physical force against
a spouse, former spouse, domestic partner,
child, or former child of the person; or
‘‘(ii) by its nature, involves a substantial
risk that physical force against a spouse,
former spouse, domestic partner, child, or
former child of the person may be used in the
course of committing the offense; or
‘‘(B) is required, pursuant to an order issued
by a court of the United States in a case involving
the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical
force against a person described in subparagraph
(A), to maintain a minimum distance from the per-
son so described.’’.
(b) PROHIBITION
AGAINST
RECEIPT
OF
FIRE-
ARMS.—Section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(6);
(2) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(7); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(8)(A) has been convicted in any court of the
United States of an offense that—
‘‘(i) has as an element the use, attempted
use, or threatened use of physical force against
a spouse, former spouse, domestic partner,
child, or former child of the person; or
‘‘(ii) by its nature, involves a substantial
risk that physical force against a spouse,
former spouse, domestic partner, child, or
former child of the person may be used in the
course of committing the offense; or
‘‘(B) is required, pursuant to an order issued
by a court of the United States in a case involving
the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical
force against a person described in subparagraph
(A), to maintain a minimum distance from the per-
son so described;’’.
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