[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1570 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1570

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent persons who have 
           committed domestic abuse from obtaining a firearm.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 20 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

 Mr. Wellstone introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent persons who have 
           committed domestic abuse from obtaining a firearm.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Violence Firearm Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to 
        women in the United States between the ages of 15 and 44;
            (2) firearms are used by the abuser in 7 percent of 
        domestic violence incidents; and
            (3) individuals with a history of domestic abuse should not 
        have easy access to firearms.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISPOSAL OF FIREARMS TO, OR RECEIPT OF 
              FIREARMS BY, PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED DOMESTIC ABUSE.

    (a) Prohibition Against Disposal of Firearms.--Section 922(d) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8)(A) has been convicted in any court of the United 
        States of an offense that--
                    ``(i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or 
                threatened use of physical force against a spouse, 
                former spouse, domestic partner, child, or former child 
                of the person; or
                    ``(ii) by its nature, involves a substantial risk 
                that physical force against a spouse, former spouse, 
                domestic partner, child, or former child of the person 
                may be used in the course of committing the offense; or
            ``(B) is required, pursuant to an order issued by a court 
        of the United States in a case involving the use, attempted 
        use, or threatened use of physical force against a person 
        described in subparagraph (A), to maintain a minimum distance 
        from the person so described.''.
    (b) Prohibition Against Receipt of Firearms.--Section 922(g) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by inserting ``or'' at the end of paragraph (7); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8)(A) has been convicted in any court of the United 
        States of an offense that--
                    ``(i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or 
                threatened use of physical force against a spouse, 
                former spouse, domestic partner, child, or former child 
                of the person; or
                    ``(ii) by its nature, involves a substantial risk 
                that physical force against a spouse, former spouse, 
                domestic partner, child, or former child of the person 
                may be used in the course of committing the offense; or
            ``(B) is required, pursuant to an order issued by a court 
        of the United States in a case involving the use, attempted 
        use, or threatened use of physical force against a person 
        described in subparagraph (A), to maintain a minimum distance 
        from the person so described;''.

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