[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2370 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2370

       To prevent the stalking of Federal officers and employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 1993

   Miss Collins of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
       To prevent the stalking of Federal officers and employees.

    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 ``Federal Employee Antistalking Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. STALKING.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 880. Stalking Federal officers and employees
    ``(a) Whoever--
            ``(1) repeatedly engages in a pattern of conduct directed 
        at another person who is or was an officer or employee in the 
        executive or legislative branch of the Federal Government 
        (including the United States Postal Service) while such other 
        person is engaged in official duties or on account of such 
        duties;
            ``(2) knows or should know that such conduct is likely to 
        place that other person in reasonable fear of sexual battery, 
        bodily injury, or death; and
            ``(3) thereby induces such fear in that other person, shall 
        be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
    ``(b)(1) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) of this 
section is the greatest of the following:
            ``(A) In the case of a first conviction under such 
        subsection, a fine under this title or imprisonment for not 
        more than 3 years, or both.
            ``(B) In the case of a second or subsequent conviction 
        under such subsection, a fine under this title or imprisonment 
        for not more than 15 years, or both.
            ``(C) If during the commission of the offense, the offender 
        uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, a fine under this title or 
        imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both.
            ``(D) If the offense violates a protective order, a fine 
        under this title or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or 
        both.
    ``(2) If a sentence of probation is imposed for an offense under 
subsection (a) of this section, the court shall require the defendant 
to undergo appropriate psychiatric, psychological, or social 
counselling.
    ``(c) As used in this section, the term `protective order' means 
any court order that requires an individual--
            ``(1) to refrain from behavior prohibited by subsection (a) 
        of this section; or
            ``(2) to refrain from contact with the person who 
        subsequently is a victim of the offense under subsection (a) of 
        this section that is committed by that individual.
    ``(d) Whoever is or is about to be aggrieved by a violation of 
subsection (a) of this section may in a civil action obtain from the 
person engaging or about to engage in that violation, appropriate 
relief, including--
            ``(1) punitive damages in the case of a violation; and
            ``(2) reasonable attorney's fees.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``880 Stalking Federal officers and employees.''.

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