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44 STSESSION S. 247
55 To support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms
66 from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant
77 to court orders for this purpose.
88 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
99 FEBRUARY2, 2023
1010 Mrs. F
1111 EINSTEIN(for herself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. KAINE, Mr. MARKEY,
1212 Ms. W
1313 ARREN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. SMITH, Mr. CASEY, Mr.
1414 W
1515 HITEHOUSE, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. MERKLEY,
1616 Mrs. M
1717 URRAY, Mr. WYDEN, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the fol-
1818 lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the
1919 Judiciary
2020 A BILL
2121 To support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access
2222 to firearms from individuals who are a danger to them-
2323 selves or others pursuant to court orders for this pur-
2424 pose.
2525 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2626 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2727 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2828 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extreme Risk Protec-4
2929 tion Order Expansion Act of 2023’’. 5
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3333 SEC. 2. EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER GRANT PRO-1
3434 GRAM. 2
3535 (a) D
3636 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
3737 (1) E
3838 LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-4
3939 ty’’ means— 5
4040 (A) a State or Indian Tribe— 6
4141 (i) that enacts legislation described in 7
4242 subsection (c); 8
4343 (ii) with respect to which the Attorney 9
4444 General determines that the legislation de-10
4545 scribed in clause (i) complies with the re-11
4646 quirements under subsection (c)(1); and 12
4747 (iii) that certifies to the Attorney 13
4848 General that the State or Indian Tribe 14
4949 will, with respect to a grant received under 15
5050 subsection (b)— 16
5151 (I) use the grant for the purposes 17
5252 described in subsection (b)(2); and 18
5353 (II) allocate not less than 25 per-19
5454 cent and not more than 70 percent of 20
5555 the amount received under the grant 21
5656 for the development and dissemination 22
5757 of training for law enforcement offi-23
5858 cers in accordance with subsection 24
5959 (b)(4); or 25
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6363 (B) a unit of local government or other 1
6464 public or private entity that— 2
6565 (i) is located in a State or in the terri-3
6666 tory under the jurisdiction of an Indian 4
6767 Tribe that meets the requirements de-5
6868 scribed in clauses (i) and (ii) of subpara-6
6969 graph (A); and 7
7070 (ii) certifies to the Attorney General 8
7171 that the unit of local government or entity 9
7272 will, with respect to a grant received under 10
7373 subsection (b)— 11
7474 (I) use the grant for the purposes 12
7575 described in subsection (b)(2); and 13
7676 (II) allocate not less than 25 per-14
7777 cent and not more than 70 percent of 15
7878 the amount received under the grant 16
7979 for the development and dissemination 17
8080 of training for law enforcement offi-18
8181 cers in accordance with subsection 19
8282 (b)(4). 20
8383 (2) E
8484 XTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER .—The 21
8585 term ‘‘extreme risk protection order’’ means a writ-22
8686 ten order or warrant, issued by a State or Tribal 23
8787 court or signed by a magistrate (or other com-24
8888 parable judicial officer), the primary purpose of 25
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9292 which is to reduce the risk of firearm-related death 1
9393 or injury by doing 1 or more of the following: 2
9494 (A) Prohibiting a named individual from 3
9595 having under the custody or control of the indi-4
9696 vidual, owning, purchasing, possessing, or re-5
9797 ceiving a firearm. 6
9898 (B) Having a firearm removed or requiring 7
9999 the surrender of firearms from a named indi-8
100100 vidual. 9
101101 (3) F
102102 IREARM.—The term ‘‘firearm’’ has the 10
103103 meaning given the term in section 921 of title 18, 11
104104 United States Code. 12
105105 (4) I
106106 NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 13
107107 has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 14
108108 section 1709 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 15
109109 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389). 16
110110 (5) L
111111 AW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER .—The term 17
112112 ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ means a public servant 18
113113 authorized by Federal, State, local, or Tribal law or 19
114114 by an agency of the Federal Government or of a 20
115115 State, local, or Tribal government to— 21
116116 (A) engage in or supervise the prevention, 22
117117 detection, investigation, or prosecution of an of-23
118118 fense; or 24
119119 (B) supervise sentenced criminal offenders. 25
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123123 (6) PETITIONER.—The term ‘‘petitioner’’ 1
124124 means an individual authorized under State or Trib-2
125125 al law to petition for an extreme risk protection 3
126126 order. 4
127127 (7) R
128128 ESPONDENT.—The term ‘‘respondent’’ 5
129129 means an individual named in the petition for an ex-6
130130 treme risk protection order or subject to an extreme 7
131131 risk protection order. 8
132132 (8) S
133133 TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 9
134134 (A) a State; 10
135135 (B) the District of Columbia; 11
136136 (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 12
137137 and 13
138138 (D) any other territory or possession of the 14
139139 United States. 15
140140 (9) U
141141 NIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT .—The term 16
142142 ‘‘unit of local government’’ has the meaning given 17
143143 the term in section 901 of title I of the Omnibus 18
144144 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 19
145145 U.S.C. 10251). 20
146146 (b) G
147147 RANTPROGRAMESTABLISHED.— 21
148148 (1) I
149149 N GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 22
150150 establish a program under which, from amounts 23
151151 made available to carry out this section, the Attor-24
152152 ney General may make grants to eligible entities to 25
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156156 assist in carrying out the provisions of the legisla-1
157157 tion described in subsection (c). 2
158158 (2) U
159159 SE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under 3
160160 this subsection may be used by an applicant to— 4
161161 (A) enhance the capacity of law enforce-5
162162 ment agencies and the courts of a State, unit 6
163163 of local government, or Indian Tribe by pro-7
164164 viding personnel, training, technical assistance, 8
165165 data collection, and other resources to carry out 9
166166 enacted legislation described in subsection (c); 10
167167 (B) train judges, court personnel, health 11
168168 care and legal professionals, and law enforce-12
169169 ment officers to more accurately identify indi-13
170170 viduals whose access to firearms poses a danger 14
171171 of causing harm to themselves or others by in-15
172172 creasing the risk of firearms suicide or inter-16
173173 personal violence; 17
174174 (C) develop and implement law enforce-18
175175 ment and court protocols, forms, and orders so 19
176176 that law enforcement agencies and the courts 20
177177 may carry out the provisions of the enacted leg-21
178178 islation described in subsection (c) in a safe, eq-22
179179 uitable, and effective manner, including through 23
180180 the removal and storage of firearms pursuant to 24
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184184 extreme risk protection orders under the en-1
185185 acted legislation; and 2
186186 (D) raise public awareness and under-3
187187 standing of the enacted legislation described in 4
188188 subsection (c), including through subgrants to 5
189189 community-based organizations for the training 6
190190 of community members, so that extreme risk 7
191191 protection orders may be issued in appropriate 8
192192 situations to reduce the risk of firearms-related 9
193193 death and injury. 10
194194 (3) A
195195 PPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a 11
196196 grant under this subsection shall submit to the At-12
197197 torney General an application at such time, in such 13
198198 manner, and containing or accompanied by such in-14
199199 formation as the Attorney General may reasonably 15
200200 require. 16
201201 (4) T
202202 RAINING.— 17
203203 (A) I
204204 N GENERAL.—A recipient of a grant 18
205205 under this subsection shall provide training to 19
206206 law enforcement officers, including officers of 20
207207 relevant Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 21
208208 enforcement agencies, in the safe, impartial, ef-22
209209 fective, and equitable use and administration of 23
210210 extreme risk protection orders, including train-24
211211 ing to address— 25
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215215 (i) bias based on race and racism, eth-1
216216 nicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender 2
217217 identity, religion, language proficiency, 3
218218 mental health condition, disability, and 4
219219 classism in the use and administration of 5
220220 extreme risk protection orders; 6
221221 (ii) the appropriate use of extreme 7
222222 risk protection orders in cases of domestic 8
223223 violence, including the applicability of other 9
224224 policies and protocols to address domestic 10
225225 violence in situations that may also involve 11
226226 extreme risk protection orders and the ne-12
227227 cessity of safety planning with the victim 13
228228 before a law enforcement officer petitions 14
229229 for and executes an extreme risk protection 15
230230 order, if applicable; 16
231231 (iii) interacting with persons with a 17
232232 mental illness or emotional distress, includ-18
233233 ing de-escalation and crisis intervention; 19
234234 and 20
235235 (iv) best practices for referring per-21
236236 sons subject to extreme risk protection or-22
237237 ders and associated victims of violence to 23
238238 social service providers that may be avail-24
239239 able in the jurisdiction and appropriate for 25
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243243 those individuals, including health care, 1
244244 mental health, substance abuse, and legal 2
245245 services, employment and vocational serv-3
246246 ices, housing assistance, case management, 4
247247 and veterans and disability benefits. 5
248248 (B) C
249249 ONSULTATION WITH EXPERTS .—A 6
250250 recipient of a grant under this subsection, in 7
251251 developing law enforcement training required 8
252252 under subparagraph (A), shall seek advice from 9
253253 domestic violence service providers (including 10
254254 culturally specific (as defined in section 40002 11
255255 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 12
256256 U.S.C. 12291)) organizations), social service 13
257257 providers, suicide prevention advocates, violence 14
258258 intervention specialists, law enforcement agen-15
259259 cies, mental health disability experts, and other 16
260260 community groups working to reduce suicides 17
261261 and violence, including domestic violence, within 18
262262 the State or the territory under the jurisdiction 19
263263 of the Indian Tribe, as applicable, that enacted 20
264264 the legislation described in subsection (c) that 21
265265 enabled the grant recipient to be an eligible en-22
266266 tity. 23
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270270 (5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 1
271271 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 2
272272 as are necessary to carry out this subsection. 3
273273 (c) E
274274 LIGIBILITY FOREXTREMERISKPROTECTION 4
275275 O
276276 RDERGRANTPROGRAM.— 5
277277 (1) R
278278 EQUIREMENTS.—Legislation described in 6
279279 this subsection is legislation that establishes require-7
280280 ments that are substantially similar to the following: 8
281281 (A) P
282282 ETITION FOR EXTREME RISK PRO -9
283283 TECTION ORDER.—A petitioner, including a law 10
284284 enforcement officer, may submit a petition to a 11
285285 State or Tribal court, on a form designed by 12
286286 the court or a State or Tribal agency, that— 13
287287 (i) describes the facts and cir-14
288288 cumstances justifying that an extreme risk 15
289289 protection order be issued against the 16
290290 named individual; and 17
291291 (ii) is signed by the applicant, under 18
292292 oath. 19
293293 (B) N
294294 OTICE AND DUE PROCESS .—The in-20
295295 dividual named in a petition for an extreme risk 21
296296 protection order as described in subparagraph 22
297297 (A) shall be given written notice of the petition 23
298298 and an opportunity to be heard on the matter 24
299299 in accordance with this paragraph. 25
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303303 (C) ISSUANCE OF EXTREME RISK PROTEC -1
304304 TION ORDERS.— 2
305305 (i) H
306306 EARING.— 3
307307 (I) I
308308 N GENERAL.—Upon receipt 4
309309 of a petition described in subpara-5
310310 graph (A) or request of an individual 6
311311 named in such a petition, the court 7
312312 shall order a hearing to be held within 8
313313 a reasonable time, and not later than 9
314314 30 days after the date of the petition 10
315315 or request. 11
316316 (II) D
317317 ETERMINATION.—If the 12
318318 court finds at the hearing ordered 13
319319 under subclause (I), by a preponder-14
320320 ance of the evidence or according to a 15
321321 higher evidentiary standard estab-16
322322 lished by the State or Indian Tribe, 17
323323 that the respondent poses a danger of 18
324324 causing harm to self or others by hav-19
325325 ing access to a firearm, the court may 20
326326 issue an extreme risk protection order. 21
327327 (ii) D
328328 URATION OF EXTREME RISK 22
329329 PROTECTION ORDER .—An extreme risk 23
330330 protection order shall be in effect— 24
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334334 (I) until an order terminating or 1
335335 superseding the extreme risk protec-2
336336 tion order is issued; or 3
337337 (II) for a set period of time. 4
338338 (D) E
339339 X PARTE EXTREME RISK PROTEC -5
340340 TION ORDERS.— 6
341341 (i) I
342342 N GENERAL.—Upon receipt of a 7
343343 petition described in subparagraph (A), the 8
344344 court may issue an ex parte extreme risk 9
345345 protection order, if— 10
346346 (I) the petition for an extreme 11
347347 risk protection order alleges that the 12
348348 respondent poses a danger of causing 13
349349 harm to self or others by having ac-14
350350 cess to a firearm; and 15
351351 (II) the court finds there is prob-16
352352 able cause to believe, or makes a find-17
353353 ing according to a higher evidentiary 18
354354 standard established by the State or 19
355355 Indian Tribe, that the respondent 20
356356 poses a danger of causing harm to self 21
357357 or others by having access to a fire-22
358358 arm. 23
359359 (ii) D
360360 URATION OF EX PARTE EX -24
361361 TREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER .—An ex 25
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365365 parte extreme risk protection order shall 1
366366 remain in effect only until the hearing re-2
367367 quired under subparagraph (C)(i). 3
368368 (E) S
369369 TORAGE OF REMOVED FIREARMS .— 4
370370 (i) A
371371 VAILABILITY FOR RETURN .—All 5
372372 firearms removed or surrendered pursuant 6
373373 to an extreme risk protection order shall 7
374374 only be available for return to the named 8
375375 individual when the individual has regained 9
376376 eligibility under Federal and State law 10
377377 and, where applicable, Tribal law to pos-11
378378 sess firearms. 12
379379 (ii) C
380380 ONSENT REQUIRED FOR DIS -13
381381 POSAL OR DESTRUCTION .—Firearms 14
382382 owned by a named individual may not be 15
383383 disposed of or destroyed during the period 16
384384 of the extreme risk protection order with-17
385385 out the consent of the named individual. 18
386386 (F) N
387387 OTIFICATION.— 19
388388 (i) I
389389 N GENERAL.— 20
390390 (I) R
391391 EQUIREMENT.—A State or 21
392392 Tribal court that issues an extreme 22
393393 risk protection order shall notify the 23
394394 Attorney General or the comparable 24
395395 State or Tribal agency, as applicable, 25
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399399 of the order as soon as practicable or 1
400400 within a designated period of time. 2
401401 (II) F
402402 ORM AND MANNER .—A 3
403403 State or Tribal court shall submit a 4
404404 notification under subclause (I) in an 5
405405 electronic format, in a manner pre-6
406406 scribed by the Attorney General or the 7
407407 comparable State or Tribal agency. 8
408408 (ii) U
409409 PDATE OF DATABASES .—As 9
410410 soon as practicable or within the time pe-10
411411 riod designated by State or Tribal law 11
412412 after receiving a notification under clause 12
413413 (i), the Attorney General or the com-13
414414 parable State or Tribal agency shall ensure 14
415415 that the extreme risk protection order is 15
416416 reflected in the National Instant Criminal 16
417417 Background Check System. 17
418418 (2) A
419419 DDITIONAL PROVISIONS.—Legislation de-18
420420 scribed in this subsection may— 19
421421 (A) provide procedures for the termination 20
422422 of an extreme risk protection order; 21
423423 (B) provide procedures for the renewal of 22
424424 an extreme risk protection order; 23
425425 (C) establish burdens and standards of 24
426426 proof for issuance of orders described in para-25
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430430 graph (1) that are substantially similar to or 1
431431 higher than the burdens and standards of proof 2
432432 set forth in that paragraph; 3
433433 (D) limit the individuals who may submit 4
434434 a petition described in paragraph (1), provided 5
435435 that, at a minimum, 1 or more law enforcement 6
436436 officers are authorized to do so; and 7
437437 (E) include any other authorizations or re-8
438438 quirements that the State or Tribal authorities 9
439439 determine appropriate. 10
440440 (3) A
441441 NNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 11
442442 after the date on which an eligible entity receives a 12
443443 grant under subsection (b), and annually thereafter 13
444444 for the duration of the grant period, the entity shall 14
445445 submit to the Attorney General a report that in-15
446446 cludes, with respect to the preceding year— 16
447447 (A) the number of petitions for ex parte 17
448448 extreme risk protection orders filed, as well as 18
449449 the number of such orders issued and the num-19
450450 ber denied, disaggregated by— 20
451451 (i) the jurisdiction; 21
452452 (ii) the individual authorized under 22
453453 State or Tribal law to petition for an ex-23
454454 treme risk protection order, including the 24
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458458 relationship of the individual to the re-1
459459 spondent; and 2
460460 (iii) the alleged danger posed by the 3
461461 respondent, including whether the danger 4
462462 involved a risk of suicide, unintentional in-5
463463 jury, domestic violence, or other inter-6
464464 personal violence; 7
465465 (B) the number of petitions for extreme 8
466466 risk protection orders filed, as well as the num-9
467467 ber of such orders issued and the number de-10
468468 nied, disaggregated by— 11
469469 (i) the jurisdiction; 12
470470 (ii) the individual authorized under 13
471471 State or Tribal law to petition for an ex-14
472472 treme risk protection order, including the 15
473473 relationship of the individual to the re-16
474474 spondent; and 17
475475 (iii) the alleged danger posed by the 18
476476 respondent, including whether the danger 19
477477 involved a risk of suicide, unintentional in-20
478478 jury, domestic violence, or other inter-21
479479 personal violence; 22
480480 (C) the number of petitions for renewals of 23
481481 extreme risk protection orders filed, as well as 24
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485485 the number of such orders issued and the num-1
486486 ber denied; 2
487487 (D) the number of cases in which a court 3
488488 imposed a penalty for false reporting or frivo-4
489489 lous petitions; 5
490490 (E) demographic data of petitioners, in-6
491491 cluding race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gen-7
492492 der, age, disability, and English language pro-8
493493 ficiency, if available; 9
494494 (F) demographic data of respondents, in-10
495495 cluding race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gen-11
496496 der, age, disability, and English language pro-12
497497 ficiency, if available; and 13
498498 (G) the number of firearms removed, if 14
499499 available. 15
500500 SEC. 3. FEDERAL FIREARMS PROHIBITION. 16
501501 Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 17
502502 amended— 18
503503 (1) in subsection (d)— 19
504504 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and 20
505505 (11) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively; 21
506506 (B) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 22
507507 following: 23
508508 ‘‘(10) is subject to a court order that— 24
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512512 ‘‘(A) was issued after a hearing of which 1
513513 such person received actual notice, and at which 2
514514 such person had an opportunity to participate; 3
515515 ‘‘(B) prevents such person from possessing 4
516516 or receiving firearms; and 5
517517 ‘‘(C) includes a finding that such person 6
518518 poses a danger of harm to self or others.’’; and 7
519519 (C) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, 8
520520 by striking ‘‘(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘(11)’’; and 9
521521 (2) in subsection (g)— 10
522522 (A) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking 11
523523 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 12
524524 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 13
525525 comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 14
526526 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 15
527527 following: 16
528528 ‘‘(10) is subject to a court order that— 17
529529 ‘‘(A) was issued after a hearing of which 18
530530 such person received actual notice, and at which 19
531531 such person had an opportunity to participate; 20
532532 ‘‘(B) prevents such person from possessing 21
533533 or receiving firearms; and 22
534534 ‘‘(C) includes a finding that such person 23
535535 poses a danger of harm to self or others,’’. 24
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539539 SEC. 4. IDENTIFICATION RECORDS. 1
540540 Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is 2
541541 amended— 3
542542 (1) in subsection (a)— 4
543543 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 5
544544 (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 6
545545 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 7
546546 following: 8
547547 ‘‘(4) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve 9
548548 records from Federal, Tribal, and State courts and 10
549549 other agencies identifying individuals subject to ex-11
550550 treme risk protection orders, as defined in section 12
551551 2(a) of the Extreme Risk Protection Order Expan-13
552552 sion Act of 2023;’’; 14
553553 (2) in subsection (b)— 15
554554 (A) by striking ‘‘(a)(5)’’ and inserting 16
555555 ‘‘(a)(6)’’; and 17
556556 (B) by striking ‘‘(a)(4)’’ and inserting 18
557557 ‘‘(a)(5)’’; and 19
558558 (3) by adding at the end the following: 20
559559 ‘‘(g) E
560560 XTREMERISKPROTECTIONORDERS INNA-21
561561 TIONALCRIMEINFORMATIONDATABASES.—A Federal, 22
562562 Tribal, or State criminal justice agency or criminal or civil 23
563563 court may— 24
564564 ‘‘(1) include extreme risk protection orders, as 25
565565 defined in section 2(a) of the Extreme Risk Protec-26
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569569 tion Order Expansion Act of 2023, in national crime 1
570570 information databases, as that term is defined in 2
571571 subsection (f)(3) of this section; and 3
572572 ‘‘(2) have access to information regarding ex-4
573573 treme risk protection orders through the national 5
574574 crime information databases.’’. 6
575575 SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 7
576576 Section 3(1) of the NICS Improvement Amendments 8
577577 Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40903(1)) is amended by striking 9
578578 ‘‘section 922(g)(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (8) or (10) 10
579579 of section 922(g)’’. 11
580580 SEC. 6. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT. 12
581581 (a) D
582582 EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘ex-13
583583 treme risk protection order’’, ‘‘Indian Tribe’’, and ‘‘State’’ 14
584584 have the meanings given those terms in section 2(a). 15
585585 (b) F
586586 ULLFAITH ANDCREDITREQUIRED.—Any ex-16
587587 treme risk protection order issued under a State or Tribal 17
588588 law enacted in accordance with this Act shall be accorded 18
589589 the same full faith and credit by the court of another State 19
590590 or Indian Tribe (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘en-20
591591 forcing State or Indian Tribe’’) and enforced by the court 21
592592 and law enforcement personnel of the other State or Tribal 22
593593 government as if it were the order of the enforcing State 23
594594 or Indian Tribe. 24
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599599 O
600600 RDERS.— 2
601601 (1) I
602602 N GENERAL.—Subsection (b) shall apply to 3
603603 an extreme risk protection order issued by a State 4
604604 or Tribal court if— 5
605605 (A) the court has jurisdiction over the par-6
606606 ties and matter under the law of the State or 7
607607 Indian Tribe; and 8
608608 (B) reasonable notice and opportunity to 9
609609 be heard is given to the person against whom 10
610610 the order is sought sufficient to protect that 11
611611 person’s right to due process. 12
612612 (2) E
613613 X PARTE EXTREME RISK PROTECTION OR -13
614614 DERS.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), in the 14
615615 case of an ex parte extreme risk protection order, 15
616616 notice and opportunity to be heard shall be provided 16
617617 within the time required by State or Tribal law, and 17
618618 in any event within a reasonable time after the order 18
619619 is issued, sufficient to protect the due process rights 19
620620 of the respondent. 20
621621 (d) T
622622 RIBALCOURTJURISDICTION.—For purposes of 21
623623 this section, a court of an Indian Tribe shall have full civil 22
624624 jurisdiction to issue and enforce an extreme risk protection 23
625625 order involving any person, including the authority to en-24
626626 force any order through civil contempt proceedings, to ex-25
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630630 clude violators from Indian land, and to use other appro-1
631631 priate mechanisms, in matters arising anywhere in the In-2
632632 dian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18, 3
633633 United States Code) of the Indian Tribe or otherwise with-4
634634 in the authority of the Indian Tribe. 5
635635 SEC. 7. SEVERABILITY. 6
636636 If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 7
637637 this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-8
638638 ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, 9
639639 the remaining provisions of this Act and amendments 10
640640 made by this Act, or the application of such provision or 11
641641 amendment to other persons or circumstances, shall not 12
642642 be affected. 13
643643 SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 14
644644 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 15
645645 take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date 16
646646 of enactment of this Act. 17
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