,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ebg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #b           
7legislative day1 ,march #a71 #bjba,ms4 
,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mrs4          
,feinstein1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 
,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4     
,coons1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,booker1 
,mr4 ,padilla1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4      
,bennet1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4
 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 
,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4   
,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4
 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 ,merkley1
 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,reed1
 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mrs4      
,shaheen1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1  
,mr4 ,tester1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4   
,warner1 ,ms4 ,warren1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 
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 #bjba4  #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 or former 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  7#b7 in paragraph          
7#cc77;,a7-- 7,a7 in clause 7i71 by     
inserting municipal1 after ,state12 and 

7,b7 in clause 7ii71 by inserting dating
 partner 7as defined in section #bbff71 
after spouse1 each place it appears2    
7#c7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#cd7  
and 7#ce7 as paragraphs 7#ce7 and 7#cf71
 respectively2 and  7#d7 by inserting   
after paragraph 7#cc7 the following3    
7#cd7 7,a7 ,the term misdemeanor crime  
of stalking means an offense that is--  
7i7 a misdemeanor crime of stalking     
under ,federal1 ,state1 municipal1 or   
,tribal law2 and  7ii7 a course of      
harassment1 intimidation or surveillance
 of another person that-- 7,i7 places   
that person in reasonable fear of       
material harm to the health or safety   
of-- 7aa7 that person2  7bb7 an         
immediate family member 7as defined in  
section #aae7 of that person2  7cc7 a   
household member of that person2 or     
7dd7 a spouse or intimate partner of    
that person2 or  7,,ii7 causes1 attempts
 to cause1 or would reasonably be       
expected to cause emotional distress to 
a person described in item 7aa71 7bb71  

7cc71 or 7dd7 of subclause 7,i74  7,b7  
,a person shall not be considered to    
have been convicted of such an offense  
for purposes of this chapter1 unless--  
7i7 the person was represented by       
counsel in the case1 or knowingly and   
intelligently waived the right to       
counsel in the case2 and  7ii7 in the   
case of a prosecution for an offense    
described in this paragraph for which a 
person was entitled to a jury trial in  
the jurisdiction in which the case was  
tried1 either 7,i7 the case was tried by
 a jury1 or  7,,ii7 the person knowingly
 and intelligently waived the right to  
have the case tried by a jury1 by guilty
 plea or otherwise4  7,c7 ,a person     
shall not be considered to have been    
convicted of such an offense for        
purposes of this chapter if the         
conviction has been expunged or set     
aside1 or is an offense for which the   
person has been pardoned or has had     
civil rights restored 7if the law of the
 applicable jurisdiction provides for   

the loss of civil rights under such an  
offense7 unless the pardon1 expungement1
 or restoration of civil rights         
expressly provides that the person may  
not ship1 transport1 possess1 or receive
 firearms4  4  #c4 ,prohibiting stalkers
 from possessing a firearm ,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 who has been convicted in any     
court of a misdemeanor crime of         
stalking1  4