[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4778 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4778

To ban the transfer of a firearm or ammunition to, and the receipt of a 
   firearm or ammunition by, persons subject to certain restraining 
                                orders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2000

  Mr. Kuykendall (for himself and Mr. Upton) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To ban the transfer of a firearm or ammunition to, and the receipt of a 
   firearm or ammunition by, persons subject to certain restraining 
                                orders.

    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 ``Victims of Stalkers Equality Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. BAN ON TRANSFER OF FIREARM OR AMMUNITION TO, AND RECEIPT OF A 
              FIREARM OR AMMUNITION BY, PERSONS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN 
              RESTRAINING ORDERS.

    (a) Transfer Ban.--Sections 922(d)(8) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``an intimate partner of such 
                person or child of such intimate partner or person'' 
                and inserting ``an individual''; and
                    (B) by striking ``an intimate partner in reasonable 
                fear of bodily injury to the partner or child'' and 
                inserting ``an individual in reasonable fear of bodily 
                injury''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``such intimate 
        partner or child'' each place it appears and inserting ``the 
        individual''.
    (b) Receipt Ban.--Section 922(g)(8) of such title is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking ``an intimate partner of such 
                person or child of such intimate partner or person'' 
                and inserting ``an individual''; and
                    (B) by striking ``an intimate partner in reasonable 
                fear of bodily injury to the partner or child'' and 
                inserting ``an individual in reasonable fear of bodily 
                injury''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``such intimate 
        partner or child'' each place it appears and inserting ``the 
        individual''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 921(a) of such title is amended 
by striking paragraph (32) and redesignating paragraphs (33) and (34) 
as paragraphs (32) and (33), respectively.
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