,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #af1         
#bjba,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,murphy1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mrs4           
,feinstein1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4 ,van     
,hollen1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4 ,smith1     
,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,ms4  
,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4       
,sanders1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1   
,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4       
,coons1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,ms4 ,warren1    
,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 and ,mrs4   
,gillibrand7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and 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 ,lori ,jackson ,domestic ,violence  
,survivor ,protection ,act4  #b4        
,definitions of intimate partner and    

misdemeanor crime of domestic violence  
expanded ,section #iba7;a7 of title #ah1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--    
7#a7 by inserting before paragraph 7#cb7
 the following3  7#ca7 ,the term covered
 domestic violence court order means a  
court order-- 7,a7 that was issued-- 7i7
 after a hearing of which such person   
received actual notice1 and at which    
such person had an opportunity to       
participate2 or  7ii7 in the case of an 
ex parte order1 relative to which notice
 and opportunity to be heard are        
provided-- 7,i7 within the time required
 by ,state1 tribal1 or territorial law2 
and  7,,ii7 in any event within a       
reasonable time after the order is      
issued1 sufficient to protect the due   
process rights of the person2  7,b7 that
 restrains such person from-- 7i7       
harassing1 stalking1 or threatening an  
intimate partner of such person or child
 of such intimate partner or person1 or 
engaging in other conduct that would    
place an intimate partner in reasonable 

fear of bodily injury to the partner or 
child2 or  7ii7 intimidating or         
dissuading a witness from testifying in 
court2 and  7,c7 that-- 7i7 includes a  
finding that such person represents a   
credible threat to the physical safety  
of such individual described in         
subparagraph 7,b72 or  7ii7 by its terms
 explicitly prohibits the use1 attempted
 use1 or threatened use of physical     
force against such individual described 
in subparagraph 7,b7 that would         
reasonably be expected to cause bodily  
injury4  2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#cb71 by 
striking all that follows after ,the    
term intimate partner and inserting the 
following3 -- 7,a7 means1 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   
#bbff7 or former dating partner2 and    

7ii7 any other person similarly situated
 to a spouse who is protected by the    
domestic or family violence laws of the 
,state1 local1 or tribal jurisdiction in
 which the injury occurred or where the 
victim resides4  2 and  7#c7 in         
paragraph 7#cc77;,a7-- 7,a7 in clause   
7i71 by inserting after ,federal1       
,state1 the following3 municipal12 and  
7,b7 in clause 7ii7-- 7i7 by striking or
 the threatened and inserting the       
threatened2  7ii7 by inserting or       
stalking after deadly weapon2 and  7iii7
 by inserting dating partner 7as defined
 in section #bbff71 after spouse1 each  
place it appears4  #c4 ,unlawful sale of
 firearm to a person subject to court   
order ,section #ibb7;d77#h7 of title    
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
to read as follows3  7#h7 is subject to 
a covered domestic violence court order2
 or  4  #d4 ,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 to read as follows3  7#h7 who  
is subject to a covered domestic        
violence court order2 or  4  #e4        
,technical and conforming amendments    
,the ,,nics ,improvement ,amendments    
,act of #bjjg 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #djijb et  
seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #c7a7
 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #djijc7a771 by striking 
court order 7as described in section    
#ibb7;g77#h7 and inserting covered      
domestic violence court order 7as       
defined in section #iba7;a72 and  7#b7  
in section #ajb7;b77#a77;,c77v7 7#cd    
,u4,s4,c4 #djiab7;b77#a77;,c77v771 by   
striking court order described in       
section #ibb7;g77#h7 and inserting      
covered domestic violence court order1  
as defined in section #iba7;a74