Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1290
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-07-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Crime prevention

Crime victims

Domestic violence and child abuse

Firearms and explosives
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to revise the definition of: (1) &quot;intimate partner&quot; to include a dating partner and any other person similarly situated to a spouse who is protected by the domestic or family violence laws of the state or tribal jurisdiction in which the injury occurred or where the victim resides; and (2) &quot;misdemeanor crime of domestic violence&rdquo; to include the use or attempted use of physical force or a deadly weapon by a current or former intimate partner.</p> <p>Prohibits: (1) the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking; and (2) the shipment or possession of a firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce, or the receipt of a firearm or ammunition that has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce, by an individual who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1290 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 11, 2013 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Ms. Hirono ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To protect victims of stalking from gun violence.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013 . 2. Addition of dating partners and individuals subject to restraining orders (a) Definition Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (32) and inserting the following: (32) The term intimate partner — (A) means with respect to a person, the spouse of the person, a former spouse of the person, an individual who is a parent of a child of the person, and an individual who cohabitates or has cohabited with the person; and (B) includes— (i) a dating partner (as defined in section 2266); and (ii) any other person similarly situated to a spouse who is protected by the domestic or family violence laws of the State or tribal jurisdiction in which the injury occurred or where the victim resides. ; and (2) in paragraph (33)(A)(ii)— (A) by inserting intimate partner, after former spouse, ; and (B) by inserting intimate partner, after a spouse, each place it appears. (b) Addition of stalking Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (8)(ii), by striking or at the end; (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of stalking. ; and (2) in subsection (g)— (A) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking or at the end; (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the comma at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of stalking, .