18 USC § 2265A - Repeat offenders

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s2265A"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 2265A - Repeat offenders"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2265A"
section_name: "Repeat offenders"
chapter_number: 110
chapter_name: "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 115, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2988; amended Pub. L. 113–4, title IX, § 906(c), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 125.)"
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# § 2265A. Repeat offenders

**(a)** **Maximum Term of Imprisonment.—** The maximum term of imprisonment for a violation of this chapter after a prior domestic violence or stalking offense shall be twice the term otherwise provided under this chapter.

**(b)** **Definition.—** For purposes of this section—

**(1)** the term “prior domestic violence or stalking offense” means a conviction for an offense—

**(A)** under section 2261, 2261A, or 2262 of this chapter; or

**(B)** under State or tribal law for an offense consisting of conduct that would have been an offense under a section referred to in subparagraph (A) if the conduct had occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or in interstate or foreign commerce; and

**(2)** the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 115, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2988; amended Pub. L. 113–4, title IX, § 906(c), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 125.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2013—Subsec. (b)(1)(B).  inserted “or tribal” after “State”.