; and (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting and before whose the second place it appears. D Military Justice Matters 541. Punitive article on domestic violence under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (a) Punitive article (1) In general Subchapter X of chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by inserting after section 928a (article 128a) the following new section (article): 928b. Art. 128b. Domestic violence (a) In general Any person who— (1) commits a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person; (2) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate 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, 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, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; or (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. (b) Definitions In this section (article): (1) Immediate family The term immediate family , with respect to an accused, means a spouse, parent, brother or sister, child of the accused, a person to whom the accused stands in loco parentis, and any other person who lives in the household involved and is related by blood or marriage to the accused. (2) Intimate partner The term intimate partner , with respect to an accused, means— (A) a former spouse of the accused; (B) a person who has a child in common with the accused; (C) a person who cohabits or has cohabited as a spouse with the accused