Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act
Sponsored By: Representative Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
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Summary
Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to: state that the term "intimate partner" includes a dating partner and any other person subject to a protection order under state domestic or family violence law; and expand the term "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" to include the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, by a current or former intimate partner. The bill makes it a crime to knowingly sell or dispose of a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking. It also makes it a crime for such convicted stalker to receive or possess a firearm.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10]
IL • R
Sponsored 7/21/2015
Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11]
NY • R
Sponsored 10/1/2015
Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
AZ • D
Sponsored 12/9/2015
JOHN CONYERS
MI • D
Sponsored 6/15/2016
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/6/2016
Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
IL • D
Sponsored 9/20/2016
Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
MD • D
Sponsored 9/20/2016
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