FULL FAITH AND CREDIT IMPROVEMENTS.

SEC. 106. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT IMPROVEMENTS. (a) Enforcement of Protection Orders Issued by Territories.—Section 2265 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by—(1) striking “or Indian tribe” each place it appears and inserting “, Indian tribe, or territory”; and (2) striking “State or tribal” each place it appears and inserting “State, tribal, or territorial”. (b) Clarification of Entities Having Enforcement Authority and Responsibilities.—Section 2265(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “and enforced as if it were” and inserting “and enforced by the court and law enforcement personnel of the other State, Indian tribal government or Territory as if it were”. 119 STAT. 2982(c) Limits on Internet Publication of Protection Order Information.—Section 2265(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(3) Limits on internet publication of registration information.—A State, Indian tribe, or territory shall not make available publicly on the Internet any information regarding the registration or filing of a protection order, restraining order, or injunction in either the issuing or enforcing State, tribal or territorial jurisdiction, if such publication would be likely to publicly reveal the identity or location of the party protected under such order. A State, Indian tribe, or territory may share court-generated and law enforcement-generated information contained in secure, governmental registries for protection order enforcement purposes.”. (d) Definitions.—Section 2266 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—(1) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following: “(5) Protection order.—The term ‘protection order’ includes—“(A) any injunction, restraining order, or any other order issued by a civil or criminal court for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, sexual violence, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person, including any temporary or final order issued by a civil or criminal court whether obtained by filing an independent action or as a pendente lite order in another proceeding so long as any civil or criminal order was issued in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking protection; and “(B) any support, child custody or visitation provisions, orders, remedies or relief issued as part of a protection order, restraining order, or injunction pursuant to State, tribal, territorial, or local law authorizing the issuance of protection orders, restraining orders, or injunctions for the protection of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking.”; and (2) in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (7)(A), by striking “2261A, a spouse or former spouse of the abuser, a person who shares a child in common with the abuser, and a person who cohabits or has cohabited as a spouse with the abuser” and inserting “2261A—“(I) a spouse or former spouse of the abuser, a person who shares a child in common with the abuser, and a person who cohabits or has cohabited as a spouse with the abuser; or “(II) a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the abuser, as determined by the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship”. 119 STAT. 2983