Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act

Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act - Amends federal firearms provisions to expand the definition of: (1) "intimate partner" to include a dating partner or former dating partner; and (2) "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" to include a misdemeanor offense that has, as an element, the use or attempted use of force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, by a dating partner or former dating partner against the victim.

Prohibits the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to, or the possession or receipt of a firearm by, a person subject to a court order, or an ex parte order, that restrains such person from: (1) harassing, stalking, threatening, or engaging in other conduct that would put an individual in reasonable fear of bodily injury, including an order issued at the request of an employer on behalf of its employee or at the request of an institution of higher education on behalf of its student; or (2) intimidating or dissuading a witness from testifying in court.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2483 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2483

   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 purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 2014

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
    Murphy, Mr. Markey, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. Warren) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 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 purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lori Jackson Domestic Violence 
Survivor Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS OF ``INTIMATE PARTNER'' AND ``MISDEMEANOR 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 inserting 
                ``an individual''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, or a dating partner (as 
                defined in section 2266) or former dating partner'' 
                before the period at the end; and
            (2) in paragraph (33)(A)(ii)--
                    (A) by striking ``or by'' and inserting ``by''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, or by a dating partner (as 
                defined in section 2266) or former dating partner of 
                the victim'' before the period at the end.

SEC. 3. UNLAWFUL SALE OF FIREARM TO A PERSON SUBJECT TO COURT ORDER.

    Section 922(d)(8) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(8) is subject to a court order described in subsection 
        (g)(8); or''.

SEC. 4. LIST OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO A RESTRAINING OR SIMILAR ORDER 
              PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING OR RECEIVING A FIREARM 
              EXPANDED.

    Section 922(g)(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 participate; or
                    ``(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, relating 
                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;
                    ``(B) that restrains such person from--
                            ``(i) harassing, stalking, threatening, or 
                        engaging in other conduct that would put an 
                        individual in reasonable fear of bodily 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 education on behalf of 
                        its student; or
                            ``(ii) intimidating or dissuading a witness 
                        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'' before 
                ``includes''; and
                    (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ``that'' before 
                ``by its''.
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