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                                                 Union Calendar No. 264
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1869

                          [Report No. 106-455]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              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]

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                                 A BILL


 
  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

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1869

                          [Report No. 106-455]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                            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