{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-117","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 117","heading":"Domestic assault by an habitual offender","body":"(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 against a child of or in the care of the person committing the domestic assault; 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.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 7—ASSAULT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"803f17d916785958e42987341f2a2f68bb3b3bb3e8d20b7637c8c021a7fc308e","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-116","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}