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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="1290" measure-id="id113s1290" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2013-07-11" update-date="2013-11-08">
<title>Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013</title>
<summary summary-id="id113s1290v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2013-11-08">
<action-date>2013-07-11</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to revise the definition of: (1) &quot;intimate partner&quot; to include a dating partner and 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 resides; and (2) &quot;misdemeanor crime of domestic violence&rdquo; to include the use or attempted use of physical force or a deadly weapon by a current or former intimate partner.</p> <p>Prohibits: (1) the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking; and (2) the shipment or possession of a firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce, or the receipt of a firearm or ammunition that has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce, by an individual who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking.</p>]]></summary-text>
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