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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 768 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms |
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| 6 | 6 | | from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant |
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| 7 | 7 | | to court orders for this purpose. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY2, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARBAJAL(for himself, Mr. BEYER, and Ms. BROWNLEY) introduced the |
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| 12 | 12 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access |
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| 15 | 15 | | to firearms from individuals who are a danger to them- |
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| 16 | 16 | | selves or others pursuant to court orders for this pur- |
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| 17 | 17 | | pose. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extreme Risk Protec-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tion Order Expansion Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER GRANT PRO-6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | GRAM. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) D |
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| 26 | 26 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ty’’ means— 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (A) a State or Indian Tribe— 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (i) that enacts legislation described in 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | subsection (c); 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (ii) with respect to which the Attorney 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | General determines that the legislation de-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | scribed in clause (i) complies with the re-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | quirements under subsection (c)(1); and 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (iii) that certifies to the Attorney 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | General that the State or Indian Tribe 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | will, with respect to a grant received under 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | subsection (b)— 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (I) use the grant for the purposes 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | described in subsection (b)(2); and 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (II) allocate not less than 25 per-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | cent and not more than 70 percent of 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the amount received under the grant 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | for the development and dissemination 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of training for law enforcement offi-20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | cers in accordance with subsection 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b)(4); or 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (B) a unit of local government or other 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | public or private entity that— 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (i) is located in a State or in the terri-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tory under the jurisdiction of an Indian 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Tribe that meets the requirements de-3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | scribed in clauses (i) and (ii) of subpara-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | graph (A); and 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (ii) certifies to the Attorney General 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | that the unit of local government or entity 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | will, with respect to a grant received under 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | subsection (b)— 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (I) use the grant for the purposes 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | described in subsection (b)(2); and 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (II) allocate not less than 25 per-12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | cent and not more than 70 percent of 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | the amount received under the grant 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | for the development and dissemination 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | of training for law enforcement offi-16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | cers in accordance with subsection 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (b)(4). 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (2) E |
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| 76 | 76 | | XTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER .—The 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | term ‘‘extreme risk protection order’’ means a writ-20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ten order or warrant, issued by a State or Tribal 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | court or signed by a magistrate (or other com-22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | parable judicial officer), the primary purpose of 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | which is to reduce the risk of firearm-related death 24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | or injury by doing 1 or more of the following: 25 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (A) Prohibiting a named individual from 1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | having under the custody or control of the indi-2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | vidual, owning, purchasing, possessing, or re-3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ceiving a firearm. 4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (B) Having a firearm removed or requiring 5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | the surrender of firearms from a named indi-6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | vidual. 7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (3) F |
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| 94 | 94 | | IREARM.—The term ‘‘firearm’’ has the 8 |
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| 95 | 95 | | meaning given the term in section 921 of title 18, 9 |
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| 96 | 96 | | United States Code. 10 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (4) I |
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| 98 | 98 | | NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 12 |
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| 100 | 100 | | section 1709 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 13 |
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| 101 | 101 | | and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389). 14 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (5) L |
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| 103 | 103 | | AW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER .—The term 15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ means a public servant 16 |
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| 105 | 105 | | authorized by Federal, State, local, or Tribal law or 17 |
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| 106 | 106 | | by an agency of the Federal Government or of a 18 |
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| 107 | 107 | | State, local, or Tribal government to— 19 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (A) engage in or supervise the prevention, 20 |
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| 109 | 109 | | detection, investigation, or prosecution of an of-21 |
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| 110 | 110 | | fense; or 22 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (B) supervise sentenced criminal offenders. 23 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (6) P |
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| 113 | 113 | | ETITIONER.—The term ‘‘petitioner’’ 24 |
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| 114 | 114 | | means an individual authorized under State or Trib-25 |
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| 118 | 118 | | al law to petition for an extreme risk protection 1 |
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| 119 | 119 | | order. 2 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (7) R |
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| 121 | 121 | | ESPONDENT.—The term ‘‘respondent’’ 3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | means an individual named in the petition for an ex-4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | treme risk protection order or subject to an extreme 5 |
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| 124 | 124 | | risk protection order. 6 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (8) S |
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| 126 | 126 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 7 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (A) a State; 8 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (B) the District of Columbia; 9 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 10 |
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| 130 | 130 | | and 11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (D) any other territory or possession of the 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | United States. 13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (9) U |
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| 134 | 134 | | NIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT .—The term 14 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ‘‘unit of local government’’ has the meaning given 15 |
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| 136 | 136 | | the term in section 901 of title I of the Omnibus 16 |
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| 137 | 137 | | Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 17 |
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| 138 | 138 | | U.S.C. 10251). 18 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (b) G |
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| 140 | 140 | | RANTPROGRAMESTABLISHED.— 19 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (1) I |
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| 142 | 142 | | N GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 20 |
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| 143 | 143 | | establish a program under which, from amounts 21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | made available to carry out this section, the Attor-22 |
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| 145 | 145 | | ney General may make grants to eligible entities to 23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | assist in carrying out the provisions of the legisla-24 |
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| 147 | 147 | | tion described in subsection (c). 25 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under 1 |
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| 152 | 152 | | this subsection may be used by an applicant to— 2 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (A) enhance the capacity of law enforce-3 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ment agencies and the courts of a State, unit 4 |
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| 155 | 155 | | of local government, or Indian Tribe by pro-5 |
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| 156 | 156 | | viding personnel, training, technical assistance, 6 |
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| 157 | 157 | | data collection, and other resources to carry out 7 |
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| 158 | 158 | | enacted legislation described in subsection (c); 8 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (B) train judges, court personnel, health 9 |
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| 160 | 160 | | care and legal professionals, and law enforce-10 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ment officers to more accurately identify indi-11 |
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| 162 | 162 | | viduals whose access to firearms poses a danger 12 |
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| 163 | 163 | | of causing harm to themselves or others by in-13 |
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| 164 | 164 | | creasing the risk of firearms suicide or inter-14 |
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| 165 | 165 | | personal violence; 15 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (C) develop and implement law enforce-16 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ment and court protocols, forms, and orders so 17 |
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| 168 | 168 | | that law enforcement agencies and the courts 18 |
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| 169 | 169 | | may carry out the provisions of the enacted leg-19 |
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| 170 | 170 | | islation described in subsection (c) in a safe, eq-20 |
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| 171 | 171 | | uitable, and effective manner, including through 21 |
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| 172 | 172 | | the removal and storage of firearms pursuant to 22 |
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| 173 | 173 | | extreme risk protection orders under the en-23 |
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| 174 | 174 | | acted legislation; and 24 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (D) raise public awareness and under-1 |
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| 179 | 179 | | standing of the enacted legislation described in 2 |
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| 180 | 180 | | subsection (c), including through subgrants to 3 |
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| 181 | 181 | | community-based organizations for the training 4 |
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| 182 | 182 | | of community members, so that extreme risk 5 |
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| 183 | 183 | | protection orders may be issued in appropriate 6 |
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| 184 | 184 | | situations to reduce the risk of firearms-related 7 |
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| 185 | 185 | | death and injury. 8 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (3) A |
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| 187 | 187 | | PPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a 9 |
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| 188 | 188 | | grant under this subsection shall submit to the At-10 |
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| 189 | 189 | | torney General an application at such time, in such 11 |
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| 190 | 190 | | manner, and containing or accompanied by such in-12 |
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| 191 | 191 | | formation as the Attorney General may reasonably 13 |
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| 192 | 192 | | require. 14 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (4) T |
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| 194 | 194 | | RAINING.— 15 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (A) I |
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| 196 | 196 | | N GENERAL.—A recipient of a grant 16 |
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| 197 | 197 | | under this subsection shall provide training to 17 |
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| 198 | 198 | | law enforcement officers, including officers of 18 |
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| 199 | 199 | | relevant Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 19 |
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| 200 | 200 | | enforcement agencies, in the safe, impartial, ef-20 |
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| 201 | 201 | | fective, and equitable use and administration of 21 |
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| 202 | 202 | | extreme risk protection orders, including train-22 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ing to address— 23 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (i) bias based on race and racism, eth-24 |
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| 205 | 205 | | nicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender 25 |
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| 210 | 210 | | mental health condition, disability, and 2 |
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| 211 | 211 | | classism in the use and administration of 3 |
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| 212 | 212 | | extreme risk protection orders; 4 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (ii) the appropriate use of extreme 5 |
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| 214 | 214 | | risk protection orders in cases of domestic 6 |
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| 215 | 215 | | violence, including the applicability of other 7 |
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| 216 | 216 | | policies and protocols to address domestic 8 |
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| 217 | 217 | | violence in situations that may also involve 9 |
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| 218 | 218 | | extreme risk protection orders and the ne-10 |
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| 219 | 219 | | cessity of safety planning with the victim 11 |
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| 220 | 220 | | before a law enforcement officer petitions 12 |
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| 221 | 221 | | for and executes an extreme risk protection 13 |
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| 222 | 222 | | order, if applicable; 14 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (iii) interacting with persons with a 15 |
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| 224 | 224 | | mental illness or emotional distress, includ-16 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ing de-escalation and crisis intervention; 17 |
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| 226 | 226 | | and 18 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (iv) best practices for referring per-19 |
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| 228 | 228 | | sons subject to extreme risk protection or-20 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ders and associated victims of violence to 21 |
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| 230 | 230 | | social service providers that may be avail-22 |
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| 231 | 231 | | able in the jurisdiction and appropriate for 23 |
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| 232 | 232 | | those individuals, including health care, 24 |
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| 233 | 233 | | mental health, substance abuse, and legal 25 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ices, housing assistance, case management, 2 |
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| 239 | 239 | | and veterans and disability benefits. 3 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (B) C |
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| 241 | 241 | | ONSULTATION WITH EXPERTS .—A 4 |
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| 242 | 242 | | recipient of a grant under this subsection, in 5 |
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| 243 | 243 | | developing law enforcement training required 6 |
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| 244 | 244 | | under subparagraph (A), shall seek advice from 7 |
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| 245 | 245 | | domestic violence service providers (including 8 |
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| 246 | 246 | | culturally specific (as defined in section 40002 9 |
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| 247 | 247 | | of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 10 |
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| 248 | 248 | | U.S.C. 12291)) organizations), social service 11 |
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| 249 | 249 | | providers, suicide prevention advocates, violence 12 |
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| 250 | 250 | | intervention specialists, law enforcement agen-13 |
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| 251 | 251 | | cies, mental health disability experts, and other 14 |
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| 252 | 252 | | community groups working to reduce suicides 15 |
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| 253 | 253 | | and violence, including domestic violence, within 16 |
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| 254 | 254 | | the State or the territory under the jurisdiction 17 |
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| 255 | 255 | | of the Indian Tribe, as applicable, that enacted 18 |
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| 256 | 256 | | the legislation described in subsection (c) that 19 |
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| 257 | 257 | | enabled the grant recipient to be an eligible en-20 |
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| 258 | 258 | | tity. 21 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (5) A |
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| 260 | 260 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 22 |
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| 261 | 261 | | There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 23 |
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| 262 | 262 | | as are necessary to carry out this subsection. 24 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (c) ELIGIBILITY FOREXTREMERISKPROTECTION 1 |
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| 267 | 267 | | O |
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| 268 | 268 | | RDERGRANTPROGRAM.— 2 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (1) R |
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| 270 | 270 | | EQUIREMENTS.—Legislation described in 3 |
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| 271 | 271 | | this subsection is legislation that establishes require-4 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ments that are substantially similar to the following: 5 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (A) P |
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| 274 | 274 | | ETITION FOR EXTREME RISK PRO -6 |
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| 275 | 275 | | TECTION ORDER.—A petitioner, including a law 7 |
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| 276 | 276 | | enforcement officer, may submit a petition to a 8 |
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| 277 | 277 | | State or Tribal court, on a form designed by 9 |
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| 278 | 278 | | the court or a State or Tribal agency, that— 10 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (i) describes the facts and cir-11 |
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| 280 | 280 | | cumstances justifying that an extreme risk 12 |
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| 281 | 281 | | protection order be issued against the 13 |
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| 282 | 282 | | named individual; and 14 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (ii) is signed by the applicant, under 15 |
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| 284 | 284 | | oath. 16 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (B) N |
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| 286 | 286 | | OTICE AND DUE PROCESS .—The in-17 |
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| 287 | 287 | | dividual named in a petition for an extreme risk 18 |
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| 288 | 288 | | protection order as described in subparagraph 19 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (A) shall be given written notice of the petition 20 |
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| 290 | 290 | | and an opportunity to be heard on the matter 21 |
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| 291 | 291 | | in accordance with this paragraph. 22 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (C) I |
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| 293 | 293 | | SSUANCE OF EXTREME RISK PROTEC -23 |
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| 294 | 294 | | TION ORDERS.— 24 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (i) H |
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| 296 | 296 | | EARING.— 25 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (I) IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt 1 |
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| 301 | 301 | | of a petition described in subpara-2 |
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| 302 | 302 | | graph (A) or request of an individual 3 |
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| 303 | 303 | | named in such a petition, the court 4 |
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| 304 | 304 | | shall order a hearing to be held within 5 |
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| 305 | 305 | | a reasonable time, and not later than 6 |
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| 306 | 306 | | 30 days after the date of the petition 7 |
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| 307 | 307 | | or request. 8 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (II) D |
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| 309 | 309 | | ETERMINATION.—If the 9 |
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| 310 | 310 | | court finds at the hearing ordered 10 |
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| 311 | 311 | | under subclause (I), by a preponder-11 |
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| 312 | 312 | | ance of the evidence or according to a 12 |
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| 313 | 313 | | higher evidentiary standard estab-13 |
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| 314 | 314 | | lished by the State or Indian Tribe, 14 |
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| 315 | 315 | | that the respondent poses a danger of 15 |
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| 316 | 316 | | causing harm to self or others by hav-16 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ing access to a firearm, the court may 17 |
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| 318 | 318 | | issue an extreme risk protection order. 18 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (ii) D |
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| 320 | 320 | | URATION OF EXTREME RISK 19 |
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| 321 | 321 | | PROTECTION ORDER .—An extreme risk 20 |
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| 322 | 322 | | protection order shall be in effect— 21 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (I) until an order terminating or 22 |
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| 324 | 324 | | superseding the extreme risk protec-23 |
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| 325 | 325 | | tion order is issued; or 24 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (II) for a set period of time. 25 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (D) EX PARTE EXTREME RISK PROTEC -1 |
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| 331 | 331 | | TION ORDERS.— 2 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (i) I |
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| 333 | 333 | | N GENERAL.—Upon receipt of a 3 |
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| 334 | 334 | | petition described in subparagraph (A), the 4 |
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| 335 | 335 | | court may issue an ex parte extreme risk 5 |
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| 336 | 336 | | protection order, if— 6 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (I) the petition for an extreme 7 |
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| 338 | 338 | | risk protection order alleges that the 8 |
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| 339 | 339 | | respondent poses a danger of causing 9 |
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| 340 | 340 | | harm to self or others by having ac-10 |
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| 341 | 341 | | cess to a firearm; and 11 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (II) the court finds there is prob-12 |
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| 343 | 343 | | able cause to believe, or makes a find-13 |
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| 344 | 344 | | ing according to a higher evidentiary 14 |
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| 345 | 345 | | standard established by the State or 15 |
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| 346 | 346 | | Indian Tribe, that the respondent 16 |
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| 347 | 347 | | poses a danger of causing harm to self 17 |
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| 348 | 348 | | or others by having access to a fire-18 |
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| 349 | 349 | | arm. 19 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (ii) D |
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| 351 | 351 | | URATION OF EX PARTE EX -20 |
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| 352 | 352 | | TREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER .—An ex 21 |
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| 353 | 353 | | parte extreme risk protection order shall 22 |
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| 354 | 354 | | remain in effect only until the hearing re-23 |
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| 355 | 355 | | quired under subparagraph (C)(i). 24 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (E) S |
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| 357 | 357 | | TORAGE OF REMOVED FIREARMS .— 25 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (i) AVAILABILITY FOR RETURN .—All 1 |
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| 362 | 362 | | firearms removed or surrendered pursuant 2 |
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| 363 | 363 | | to an extreme risk protection order shall 3 |
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| 364 | 364 | | only be available for return to the named 4 |
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| 365 | 365 | | individual when the individual has regained 5 |
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| 366 | 366 | | eligibility under Federal and State law 6 |
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| 367 | 367 | | and, where applicable, Tribal law to pos-7 |
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| 368 | 368 | | sess firearms. 8 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (ii) C |
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| 370 | 370 | | ONSENT REQUIRED FOR DIS -9 |
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| 371 | 371 | | POSAL OR DESTRUCTION .—Firearms 10 |
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| 372 | 372 | | owned by a named individual may not be 11 |
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| 373 | 373 | | disposed of or destroyed during the period 12 |
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| 374 | 374 | | of the extreme risk protection order with-13 |
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| 375 | 375 | | out the consent of the named individual. 14 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (F) N |
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| 377 | 377 | | OTIFICATION.— 15 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (i) I |
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| 379 | 379 | | N GENERAL.— 16 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (I) R |
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| 381 | 381 | | EQUIREMENT.—A State or 17 |
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| 382 | 382 | | Tribal court that issues an extreme 18 |
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| 383 | 383 | | risk protection order shall notify the 19 |
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| 384 | 384 | | Attorney General or the comparable 20 |
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| 385 | 385 | | State or Tribal agency, as applicable, 21 |
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| 386 | 386 | | of the order as soon as practicable or 22 |
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| 387 | 387 | | within a designated period of time. 23 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (II) F |
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| 389 | 389 | | ORM AND MANNER .—A 24 |
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| 390 | 390 | | State or Tribal court shall submit a 25 |
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| 394 | 394 | | notification under subclause (I) in an 1 |
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| 395 | 395 | | electronic format, in a manner pre-2 |
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| 396 | 396 | | scribed by the Attorney General or the 3 |
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| 397 | 397 | | comparable State or Tribal agency. 4 |
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| 398 | 398 | | (ii) U |
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| 399 | 399 | | PDATE OF DATABASES .—As 5 |
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| 400 | 400 | | soon as practicable or within the time pe-6 |
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| 401 | 401 | | riod designated by State or Tribal law 7 |
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| 402 | 402 | | after receiving a notification under clause 8 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (i), the Attorney General or the com-9 |
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| 404 | 404 | | parable State or Tribal agency shall ensure 10 |
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| 405 | 405 | | that the extreme risk protection order is 11 |
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| 406 | 406 | | reflected in the National Instant Criminal 12 |
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| 407 | 407 | | Background Check System. 13 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (2) A |
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| 409 | 409 | | DDITIONAL PROVISIONS.—Legislation de-14 |
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| 410 | 410 | | scribed in this subsection may— 15 |
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| 411 | 411 | | (A) provide procedures for the termination 16 |
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| 412 | 412 | | of an extreme risk protection order; 17 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (B) provide procedures for the renewal of 18 |
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| 414 | 414 | | an extreme risk protection order; 19 |
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| 415 | 415 | | (C) establish burdens and standards of 20 |
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| 416 | 416 | | proof for issuance of orders described in para-21 |
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| 417 | 417 | | graph (1) that are substantially similar to or 22 |
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| 418 | 418 | | higher than the burdens and standards of proof 23 |
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| 419 | 419 | | set forth in that paragraph; 24 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (D) limit the individuals who may submit 1 |
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| 424 | 424 | | a petition described in paragraph (1), provided 2 |
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| 425 | 425 | | that, at a minimum, 1 or more law enforcement 3 |
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| 426 | 426 | | officers are authorized to do so; and 4 |
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| 427 | 427 | | (E) include any other authorizations or re-5 |
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| 428 | 428 | | quirements that the State or Tribal authorities 6 |
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| 429 | 429 | | determine appropriate. 7 |
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| 430 | 430 | | (3) A |
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| 431 | 431 | | NNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 8 |
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| 432 | 432 | | after the date on which an eligible entity receives a 9 |
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| 433 | 433 | | grant under subsection (b), and annually thereafter 10 |
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| 434 | 434 | | for the duration of the grant period, the entity shall 11 |
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| 435 | 435 | | submit to the Attorney General a report that in-12 |
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| 436 | 436 | | cludes, with respect to the preceding year— 13 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (A) the number of petitions for ex parte 14 |
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| 438 | 438 | | extreme risk protection orders filed, as well as 15 |
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| 439 | 439 | | the number of such orders issued and the num-16 |
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| 440 | 440 | | ber denied, disaggregated by— 17 |
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| 441 | 441 | | (i) the jurisdiction; 18 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (ii) the individual authorized under 19 |
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| 443 | 443 | | State or Tribal law to petition for an ex-20 |
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| 444 | 444 | | treme risk protection order, including the 21 |
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| 445 | 445 | | relationship of the individual to the re-22 |
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| 446 | 446 | | spondent; and 23 |
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| 447 | 447 | | (iii) the alleged danger posed by the 24 |
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| 448 | 448 | | respondent, including whether the danger 25 |
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| 452 | 452 | | involved a risk of suicide, unintentional in-1 |
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| 453 | 453 | | jury, domestic violence, or other inter-2 |
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| 454 | 454 | | personal violence; 3 |
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| 455 | 455 | | (B) the number of petitions for extreme 4 |
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| 456 | 456 | | risk protection orders filed, as well as the num-5 |
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| 457 | 457 | | ber of such orders issued and the number de-6 |
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| 458 | 458 | | nied, disaggregated by— 7 |
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| 459 | 459 | | (i) the jurisdiction; 8 |
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| 460 | 460 | | (ii) the individual authorized under 9 |
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| 461 | 461 | | State or Tribal law to petition for an ex-10 |
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| 462 | 462 | | treme risk protection order, including the 11 |
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| 463 | 463 | | relationship of the individual to the re-12 |
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| 464 | 464 | | spondent; and 13 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (iii) the alleged danger posed by the 14 |
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| 466 | 466 | | respondent, including whether the danger 15 |
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| 467 | 467 | | involved a risk of suicide, unintentional in-16 |
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| 468 | 468 | | jury, domestic violence, or other inter-17 |
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| 469 | 469 | | personal violence; 18 |
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| 470 | 470 | | (C) the number of petitions for renewals of 19 |
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| 471 | 471 | | extreme risk protection orders filed, as well as 20 |
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| 472 | 472 | | the number of such orders issued and the num-21 |
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| 473 | 473 | | ber denied; 22 |
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| 474 | 474 | | (D) the number of cases in which a court 23 |
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| 475 | 475 | | imposed a penalty for false reporting or frivo-24 |
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| 476 | 476 | | lous petitions; 25 |
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| 480 | 480 | | (E) demographic data of petitioners, in-1 |
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| 481 | 481 | | cluding race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gen-2 |
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| 482 | 482 | | der, age, disability, and English language pro-3 |
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| 483 | 483 | | ficiency, if available; 4 |
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| 484 | 484 | | (F) demographic data of respondents, in-5 |
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| 485 | 485 | | cluding race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gen-6 |
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| 486 | 486 | | der, age, disability, and English language pro-7 |
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| 487 | 487 | | ficiency, if available; and 8 |
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| 488 | 488 | | (G) the number of firearms removed, if 9 |
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| 489 | 489 | | available. 10 |
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| 490 | 490 | | SEC. 3. FEDERAL FIREARMS PROHIBITION. 11 |
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| 491 | 491 | | Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 12 |
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| 492 | 492 | | amended— 13 |
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| 493 | 493 | | (1) in subsection (d)— 14 |
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| 494 | 494 | | (A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and 15 |
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| 495 | 495 | | (11) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively; 16 |
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| 496 | 496 | | (B) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 17 |
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| 497 | 497 | | following: 18 |
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| 498 | 498 | | ‘‘(10) is subject to a court order that— 19 |
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| 499 | 499 | | ‘‘(A) was issued after a hearing of which 20 |
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| 500 | 500 | | such person received actual notice, and at which 21 |
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| 501 | 501 | | such person had an opportunity to participate; 22 |
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| 502 | 502 | | ‘‘(B) prevents such person from possessing 23 |
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| 503 | 503 | | or receiving firearms; and 24 |
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| 507 | 507 | | ‘‘(C) includes a finding that such person 1 |
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| 508 | 508 | | poses a danger of harm to self or others.’’; and 2 |
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| 509 | 509 | | (C) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, 3 |
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| 510 | 510 | | by striking ‘‘(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘(11)’’; and 4 |
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| 511 | 511 | | (2) in subsection (g)— 5 |
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| 512 | 512 | | (A) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking 6 |
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| 513 | 513 | | ‘‘or’’ at the end; 7 |
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| 514 | 514 | | (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 8 |
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| 515 | 515 | | comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 9 |
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| 516 | 516 | | (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 10 |
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| 517 | 517 | | following: 11 |
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| 518 | 518 | | ‘‘(10) is subject to a court order that— 12 |
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| 519 | 519 | | ‘‘(A) was issued after a hearing of which 13 |
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| 520 | 520 | | such person received actual notice, and at which 14 |
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| 521 | 521 | | such person had an opportunity to participate; 15 |
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| 522 | 522 | | ‘‘(B) prevents such person from possessing 16 |
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| 523 | 523 | | or receiving firearms; and 17 |
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| 524 | 524 | | ‘‘(C) includes a finding that such person 18 |
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| 525 | 525 | | poses a danger of harm to self or others,’’. 19 |
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| 526 | 526 | | SEC. 4. IDENTIFICATION RECORDS. 20 |
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| 527 | 527 | | Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is 21 |
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| 528 | 528 | | amended— 22 |
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| 529 | 529 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 23 |
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| 530 | 530 | | (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 24 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 25 |
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| 535 | 535 | | (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 1 |
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| 536 | 536 | | following: 2 |
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| 537 | 537 | | ‘‘(4) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve 3 |
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| 538 | 538 | | records from Federal, Tribal, and State courts and 4 |
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| 539 | 539 | | other agencies identifying individuals subject to ex-5 |
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| 540 | 540 | | treme risk protection orders, as defined in section 6 |
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| 541 | 541 | | 2(a) of the Extreme Risk Protection Order Expan-7 |
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| 542 | 542 | | sion Act of 2023;’’; 8 |
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| 543 | 543 | | (2) in subsection (b)— 9 |
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| 544 | 544 | | (A) by striking ‘‘(a)(5)’’ and inserting 10 |
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| 545 | 545 | | ‘‘(a)(6)’’; and 11 |
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| 546 | 546 | | (B) by striking ‘‘(a)(4)’’ and inserting 12 |
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| 547 | 547 | | ‘‘(a)(5)’’; and 13 |
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| 548 | 548 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 14 |
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| 549 | 549 | | ‘‘(g) E |
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| 550 | 550 | | XTREMERISKPROTECTIONORDERS INNA-15 |
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| 551 | 551 | | TIONALCRIMEINFORMATIONDATABASES.—A Federal, 16 |
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| 552 | 552 | | Tribal, or State criminal justice agency or criminal or civil 17 |
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| 553 | 553 | | court may— 18 |
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| 554 | 554 | | ‘‘(1) include extreme risk protection orders, as 19 |
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| 555 | 555 | | defined in section 2(a) of the Extreme Risk Protec-20 |
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| 556 | 556 | | tion Order Expansion Act of 2023, in national crime 21 |
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| 557 | 557 | | information databases, as that term is defined in 22 |
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| 558 | 558 | | subsection (f)(3) of this section; and 23 |
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| 562 | 562 | | ‘‘(2) have access to information regarding ex-1 |
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| 563 | 563 | | treme risk protection orders through the national 2 |
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| 564 | 564 | | crime information databases.’’. 3 |
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| 565 | 565 | | SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 4 |
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| 566 | 566 | | Section 3(1) of the NICS Improvement Amendments 5 |
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| 567 | 567 | | Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40903(1)) is amended by striking 6 |
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| 568 | 568 | | ‘‘section 922(g)(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (8) or (10) 7 |
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| 569 | 569 | | of section 922(g)’’. 8 |
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| 570 | 570 | | SEC. 6. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT. 9 |
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| 571 | 571 | | (a) D |
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| 572 | 572 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘ex-10 |
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| 573 | 573 | | treme risk protection order’’, ‘‘Indian Tribe’’, and ‘‘State’’ 11 |
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| 574 | 574 | | have the meanings given those terms in section 2(a). 12 |
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| 575 | 575 | | (b) F |
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| 576 | 576 | | ULLFAITH ANDCREDITREQUIRED.—Any ex-13 |
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| 577 | 577 | | treme risk protection order issued under a State or Tribal 14 |
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| 578 | 578 | | law enacted in accordance with this Act shall be accorded 15 |
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| 579 | 579 | | the same full faith and credit by the court of another State 16 |
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| 580 | 580 | | or Indian Tribe (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘en-17 |
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| 581 | 581 | | forcing State or Indian Tribe’’) and enforced by the court 18 |
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| 582 | 582 | | and law enforcement personnel of the other State or Tribal 19 |
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| 583 | 583 | | government as if it were the order of the enforcing State 20 |
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| 584 | 584 | | or Indian Tribe. 21 |
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| 585 | 585 | | (c) A |
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| 586 | 586 | | PPLICABILITY TOEXTREMERISKPROTECTION 22 |
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| 588 | 588 | | RDERS.— 23 |
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| 592 | 592 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) shall apply to 1 |
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| 593 | 593 | | an extreme risk protection order issued by a State 2 |
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| 594 | 594 | | or Tribal court if— 3 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (A) the court has jurisdiction over the par-4 |
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| 596 | 596 | | ties and matter under the law of the State or 5 |
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| 597 | 597 | | Indian Tribe; and 6 |
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| 598 | 598 | | (B) reasonable notice and opportunity to 7 |
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| 599 | 599 | | be heard is given to the person against whom 8 |
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| 600 | 600 | | the order is sought sufficient to protect that 9 |
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| 601 | 601 | | person’s right to due process. 10 |
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| 602 | 602 | | (2) E |
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| 603 | 603 | | X PARTE EXTREME RISK PROTECTION OR -11 |
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| 604 | 604 | | DERS.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), in the 12 |
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| 605 | 605 | | case of an ex parte extreme risk protection order, 13 |
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| 606 | 606 | | notice and opportunity to be heard shall be provided 14 |
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| 607 | 607 | | within the time required by State or Tribal law, and 15 |
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| 608 | 608 | | in any event within a reasonable time after the order 16 |
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| 609 | 609 | | is issued, sufficient to protect the due process rights 17 |
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| 610 | 610 | | of the respondent. 18 |
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| 611 | 611 | | (d) T |
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| 612 | 612 | | RIBALCOURTJURISDICTION.—For purposes of 19 |
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| 613 | 613 | | this section, a court of an Indian Tribe shall have full civil 20 |
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| 614 | 614 | | jurisdiction to issue and enforce an extreme risk protection 21 |
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| 615 | 615 | | order involving any person, including the authority to en-22 |
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| 616 | 616 | | force any order through civil contempt proceedings, to ex-23 |
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| 617 | 617 | | clude violators from Indian land, and to use other appro-24 |
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| 618 | 618 | | priate mechanisms, in matters arising anywhere in the In-25 |
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| 623 | 623 | | United States Code) of the Indian Tribe or otherwise with-2 |
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| 624 | 624 | | in the authority of the Indian Tribe. 3 |
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| 625 | 625 | | SEC. 7. SEVERABILITY. 4 |
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| 626 | 626 | | If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 5 |
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| 627 | 627 | | this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-6 |
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| 628 | 628 | | ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, 7 |
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| 629 | 629 | | the remaining provisions of this Act and amendments 8 |
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| 630 | 630 | | made by this Act, or the application of such provision or 9 |
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| 631 | 631 | | amendment to other persons or circumstances, shall not 10 |
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| 632 | 632 | | be affected. 11 |
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| 633 | 633 | | SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 12 |
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| 634 | 634 | | This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 13 |
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| 635 | 635 | | take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date 14 |
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| 636 | 636 | | of enactment of this Act. 15 |
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