3.0.0 224 2023-01-11T13:20:45Z 2023-01-11T13:20:45Z Senate S S 2011-01-31 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-01-31T19:26:49Z 2011-01-31 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-01-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2011-01-31 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2011-01-31 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2011-01-31 True Crime and Law Enforcement Aging Assault and harassment offenses Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Crimes against children Criminal procedure and sentencing Law enforcement administration and funding Postal service Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2011-01-31 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-18T19:35:57Z Stalkers Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the definition of stalking and impose criminal penalties on anyone who, with intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate another person or to place a person under surveillance with the intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate such person, travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or enters or leaves Indian country and: (1) causes or attempts to cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress to another person, or (2) engages in conduct that would be reasonably expected to cause serious emotional distress to another person.

Imposes the same criminal penalties on anyone who, with intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate another person, engages in a course of conduct that: (1) uses the mail, any interactive computer service, or any other facility of interstate or foreign commerce; and (2) causes or attempts to cause bodily injury or significant emotional distress to another person or occurs in circumstances where the conduct would be reasonably expected to cause another person significant emotional distress.

Increases by 5 years the penalty for a stalking offense if: (1) the offense involves conduct in violation of a protection order, or (2) the victim of the offense is under the age of 18 or over the age of 65.

Requires the annual report of the Attorney General to include an evaluation of efforts to enforce laws relating to stalking, including a description of those elements that constitute the best practices for the enforcement of such laws.

]]> Stalkers Act of 2011 Display Title Stalkers Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the offense of stalking. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Stalkers Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-01-31T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s224is/xml/BILLS-112s224is.xml 2011-01-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.