[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3270 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3270

  To amend title 18 of the United States Code to prevent stalking of 
                    minors, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 1999

Mr. Diaz-Balart (for himself and Mr. McCollum) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18 of the United States Code to prevent stalking of 
                    minors, 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 ``Federal Jennifer Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTY FOR STALKING A MINOR.

    Section 2261A of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
``If the victim of the offense has not attained the age of 16 years at 
the time of the offense, the maximum term of imprisonment for a 
violation of this section shall be twice the term otherwise provided by 
section 2261.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that each State should have in effect 
by January 1, 2003, a law that makes stalking a minor under 16 years 
old a crime which does not have as one if its elements actual physical 
harm or contact.

SEC. 4. MODEL STATUTE.

    Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall prepare a model statute, based upon the 
Florida Jennifer Act (Florida Statutes Sec. 784.048), for use by any of 
the several States and any district, commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States, which does not have statutory 
provisions substantially similar to that model statute.
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