,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aa1     
#bjac ,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself and  
,ms4 ,hirono7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to protect victims of stalking 
from gun violence4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,protecting ,domestic ,violence and     
,stalking ,victims ,act of #bjac4  #b4  
,addition of dating partners and        
individuals subject to restraining      
orders  7a7 ,definition ,section        
#iba7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by striking   
paragraph 7#cb7 and inserting the       
following3  7#cb7 ,the term intimate    
partner--  7,a7 means with respect to a 
person1 the spouse of the person1 a     
former spouse of the person1 an         
individual who is a parent of a child of
 the person1 and an individual who      
cohabitates or has cohabited with the   

person2 and  7,b7 includes--  7i7 a     
dating partner 7as defined in section   
#bbff72 and  7ii7 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 resides4  2
 and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#cc77;,a77ii7--
  7,a7 by inserting intimate partner1   
after former spouse12 and  7,b7 by      
inserting intimate partner1 after a     
spouse1 each place it appears4  7b7     
,addition of stalking ,section #ibb of  
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7d7--     
7,a7 in paragraph 7#h77;ii71 by striking
 or at the end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#i71
 by striking the period at the end and  
inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#i7 the following3     
7#aj7 has been convicted in any court of
 a misdemeanor crime of stalking4  2 and
  7#b7 in subsection 7g7--  7,a7 in     
paragraph 7#h77;,c77ii71 by striking or 

at the end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#i71 by 
striking the comma at the end and       
inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#i7 the following3     
7#aj7 has been convicted in any court of
 a misdemeanor crime of stalking1  4