,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aagg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjac    
,mrs4 ,capps introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #ah1 ,united ,states    
,code1 to protect more victims of       
domestic violence by preventing their   
abusers from possessing or receiving    
firearms1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,domestic ,violence ,survivor       
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,definitions of  
intimate partner and misdemeanor crime  
of domestic violence expanded ,section  
#iba7;a7 title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph  
7#cb71 by striking and an individual who
 cohabitates or has cohabited with the  
person4 and inserting or a dating       
partner 7as defined in section #bbff7 or
 former dating partner42 and  7#b7 in   
paragraph 7#cc7--  7,a7 by striking or  
after has cohabited with the victim as a

 spouse1 parent1 or guardian12 and  7,b7
 by inserting1 1 or by a dating partner 
7as defined in section #bbff7 or former 
dating partner of the victim before the 
period4  #c4 ,list of persons subject to
 a restraining or similar order         
prohibited from possessing or receiving 
a firearm expanded ,section #ibb7;g77#h7
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended--  7#a7 by striking            
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 and amending
 them to read as follows3  7,a7 7i7 in  
the case of conduct described in        
subparagraph 7,b77i71 was issued after a
 hearing2 or  7ii7 in the case of       
conduct described in clause 7ii7 or     
7iii7 of subparagraph 7,b71 was issued  
after a hearing of which such person    
received actual notice1 and at which    
such person had an opportunity to       
participate2  7,b7 restrains such person
 from--  7i7 harassing1 stalking1 or    
threatening an intimate partner of such 
person1 a child of such intimate partner
 or person1 a family member even if the 

family member had never cohabited with  
such person1 an individual who          
cohabitates or cohabited with the       
person1 or an elderly or dependent      
adult1 or engaging in other conduct that
 would place an individual described in 
this clause in reasonable fear of bodily
 injury to such individual1 or in the   
case of an intimate partner1 reasonable 
fear or bodily injury to the partner or 
child2  7ii7 harassing1 stalking1       
threatening or engaging in other conduct
 that would put an individual in        
reasonable fear of bodily injury to such
 individual1 including an order which   
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 student2 or  
7iii7 intimidating or dissuading a      
witness from testifying in court2 and  2
 and  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by     
striking intimate partner or child each 
place it appears and inserting          
individual described in subparagraph    

7,b74  #d4 ,effective date ,the         
amendments made by this ,act shall      
apply--  7#a7 to a court order issued on
 or after the date of the enactment of  
this ,act and to a court order in effect
 as of the date of enactment of this    
,act2 and  7#b7 to a misdemeanor crime  
of domestic violence committed on or    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4