Sec. 402. Ban on firearm possession by person convicted of misdemeanor stalking; expansion of scope of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence
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Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in the first sentence of subsection (d)— in paragraph (8)(ii), by striking or at the end; in paragraph (9), by striking the period and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of stalking. ; and in subsection (g)— in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking or at the end; in paragraph (9), by striking the comma and inserting ; or ; and by inserting after paragraph
(9)the following: who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of stalking, . Section 921(a)(33) of such title is amended by striking all that precedes subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following: Except as provided in subparagraph (B): The term misdemeanor crime of domestic violence means an offense that— is a misdemeanor under Federal, State, or tribal law; and has, as an element, the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former spouse, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian, by a dating partner (as defined in section 40002(a)(9) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994), or by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, dating partner, or guardian of the victim. The term misdemeanor crime of stalking means an offense that— is a misdemeanor under Federal, State, territorial, or tribal law; and has, as an element, conduct prohibited by section 2261A or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a person against another person. .