US Congress House Bill 4906 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on June 19 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims 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 who: (1) is subject to a court order, or an ex parte order, that restrains such person from 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 from intimidating or dissuading a witness from testifying in court; or (2) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of stalking under federal, state, territorial, or tribal law or of a crime that involves conduct that would be proscribed by prohibitions against stalking if committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act

Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2014-06-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB2483 (Related) 2014-07-30 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4906/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4906/BILLS-113hr4906ih.pdf