Victims of serious federal crimes would get lifetime court orders to prevent contact from their attackers.
This bill would create a new type of court order called a "natural lifetime injunction." It would allow victims of certain violent or sexual federal felonies to get a court order. This order would stop their convicted attacker from contacting them for the rest of the attacker's life.
Today, federal law has various protective orders, but no specific "natural lifetime injunction" that stops a convicted person from contacting their victim for the rest of their life for these specific crimes. If this bill passes, federal courts would be required to issue these lifetime orders for victims of certain serious federal violent or sexual felonies. This would give victims an order that lasts for the life of the defendant.
HR 8481 · 119th Congress · April 23, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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