[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 203 (Saturday, December 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S8036]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      COMBAT ONLINE PREDATORS ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 4203, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4203) to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     with regard to stalking.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Toomey substitute 
amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as 
amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4179), in the nature of a substitute, was agreed 
to as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Combat Online Predators 
     Act''.

     SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTY FOR STALKERS OF CHILDREN.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 110A of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 2261A the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 2261B. Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children

       ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), if 
     the victim of an offense under section 2261A is under the age 
     of 18 years, the maximum imprisonment for the offense is 5 
     years greater than the maximum term of imprisonment otherwise 
     provided for that offense in section 2261.
       ``(b) Limitation.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a 
     person who violates section 2261A if--
       ``(1) the person is subject to a sentence under section 
     2261(b)(5); and
       ``(2)(A) the person is under the age of 18 at the time the 
     offense occurred; or
       ``(B) the victim of the offense is not less than 15 nor 
     more than 17 years of age and not more than 3 years younger 
     than the person who committed the offense at the time the 
     offense occurred.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 110A of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2261A 
     the following new item:

``2261B. Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children.''.

       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2261A of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 2261(b) 
     of this title'' and inserting ``section 2261(b) or section 
     2262B, as the case may be''.

     SEC. 3. REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF 
                   ANTI-STALKING LAWS.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report to 
     Congress, which shall--
       (1) include an evaluation of Federal, tribal, State, and 
     local efforts to enforce laws relating to stalking; and
       (2) identify and describe those elements of such efforts 
     that constitute the best practices for the enforcement of 
     such laws.

  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill (H.R. 4203), as amended, was passed.

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