§ 928b. Art. 128b. Domestic violence ¹

Any person who—

1. (1) commits a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person;

2. (2) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person—

   1. (A) commits an offense under this chapter against any person; or
   2. (B) commits an offense under this chapter against any property, including an animal;
3. (3) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order;
4. (4) with intent to commit a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; or
5. (5) assaults a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person by strangling or suffocating;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 532(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1759.)

Effective Date

Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 532(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1760, provided that:

“The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall take effect on

January 1, 2019, immediately after the coming into effect of the amendments made by the Military Justice Act of 2016 (division E of

Public Law 114–328) [see Tables for classification] as provided in section 5542 of that Act (

130 Stat. 2967;

10 U.S.C. 801 note).”

¹ Section catchline editorially supplied to correspond to item 928b in subchapter analysis, as amended by Pub. L. 115–232.