{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s117","title_num":"18","num":"§ 117.","heading":"Domestic assault by an habitual offender","status":null,"guid":"idbb6ad7e2-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 109–162, title IX, § 909, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3084; amended Pub. L. 113–104, § 3, May 20, 2014, 128 Stat. 1156.)","seq_in_title":55,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch7","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch7","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 7—","heading":"ASSAULT","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id744017b6-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s117\"><num value=\"117\">§ 117.</num><heading> Domestic assault by an habitual offender</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id744017b7-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s117/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Any person who commits a domestic assault within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or Indian country and who has a final conviction on at least 2 separate prior occasions in Federal, State, or Indian tribal court proceedings for offenses that would be, if subject to Federal jurisdiction—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id744017b8-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s117/a/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> any assault, sexual abuse, or serious violent felony against a spouse or intimate partner, or against a child of or in the care of the person committing the domestic assault; or</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id744017b9-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s117/a/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> an offense under chapter 110A,</content>\n</paragraph>\n\n<continuation style=\"-uslm-lc:I10\" class=\"indent0 firstIndent0\">shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for a term of not more than 5 years, or both, except that if substantial bodily injury results from violation under this section, the offender shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than 10 years.</continuation>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id744017ba-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s117/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Domestic Assault Defined</inline>.—</heading><content>In this section, the term “domestic assault” means an assault committed by a current or former spouse, parent, child, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, parent, child, or guardian, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, child, or guardian of the victim.</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id744017bb-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/109/162/tIX/s909\">Pub. L. 109–162, title IX, § 909</ref>, <date date=\"2006-01-05\">Jan. 5, 2006</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/119/3084\">119 Stat. 3084</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/113/104/s3\">Pub. L. 113–104, § 3</ref>, <date date=\"2014-05-20\">May 20, 2014</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/128/1156\">128 Stat. 1156</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id744017bc-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id744017bd-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id744017be-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2014—Subsec. (a)(1). <ref href=\"/us/pl/113/104\">Pub. L. 113–104</ref> inserted “, or against a child of or in the care of the person committing the domestic assault” after “intimate partner”.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}