HR 1869 RH

To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the prohibition on stalking, and for other purposes.

May 19, 1999

Mrs. KELLY (for herself, Mr. ROYCE, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. FROST, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. HORN, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. JONES of Ohio, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GARY MILLER of California, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and Mr. CONDIT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

November 5, 1999

Additional sponsors: Mr. KUYKENDALL, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FORBES, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. WELLER, Mr. HYDE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. DUNN, Mrs. THURMAN, and Mrs. Bono

November 5, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 19, 1999]

To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the prohibition on stalking, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act of 1999'.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF THE PROHIBITION ON STALKING.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 2261A of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

`Sec. 2261A. Stalking

`(a) Whoever--

`(1) for the purpose of stalking an individual, travels or causes another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, uses or causes another to use the mail or any facility in interstate or foreign commerce, or enters or leaves, or causes another to enter or leave, Indian country; or

`(2) within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or within Indian country, stalks an individual;

shall be punished as provided in section 2261.

`(b) For purposes of this section--

`(1) a person stalks an individual if that person engages in conduct--

`(A) with the intent to injure or harass the individual; and

`(B) that places the individual in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury (as defined for the purposes of section 2119) to, that individual or a member of that individual's immediate family; and

`(2) the term `member of that individual's immediate family' means that individual's parent, child, sibling, or spouse or intimate partner.

`(c) The court shall at the time of sentencing for an offense under this section issue an appropriate protection order designed to protect the victim from further stalking by the convicted person, to remain in effect until otherwise ordered by the court after notice to the victim and opportunity for a hearing.'.

(b) DETENTION PENDING TRIAL- Section 3156(a)(4)(C) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting `, or section 2261A' after `117'.

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 110A of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 2261A and inserting the following:

`2261A. Stalking.'.

Union Calendar No. 264

To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the prohibition on stalking, and for other purposes.

November 5, 1999

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