10 U.S.C. § 928b. — Art. 128b. Domestic violence

((a)) ** .—** Any person who—

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

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

((A)) commits an offense under this chapter against any person; or

((B)) commits an offense under this chapter against any property, including an animal;

((3)) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order;

((4)) with intent to commit a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; or

((5)) assaults a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person by strangling or suffocating;

((b)) ** .—** In this section, the terms “dating partner”, “immediate family”, and “intimate partner” have the meanings given such terms in (article 130).