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CITE

    18 USC Sec. 117                                             01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 7 - ASSAULT

HEAD

    Sec. 117. Domestic assault by an habitual offender

STATUTE

      (a) In General. - 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 -
        (1) any assault, sexual abuse, or serious violent felony
      against a spouse or intimate partner; or
        (2) an offense under chapter 110A,
    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.
      (b) Domestic Assault Defined. - 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.

SOURCE

    (Added Pub. L. 109-162, title IX, Sec. 909, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat.
    3084.)