Directs the court at the time of sentencing for an offense under this Act to issue an appropriate protection order designed to protect the victim from further stalking by the convicted person. Specifies that such order shall remain in effect for such time as the court deems necessary, and may be modified, extended, or terminated at any time after notice to the victim and opportunity for a hearing. Redefines "crime of violence" to permit a court to order the detention of an alleged stalking defendant pending trial in order to assure the safety of the community or the defendant's appearance at trial pursuant to the pretrial detention statute.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2011 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2011
To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the prohibition on
stalking, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 27, 2000
Mr. Ashcroft introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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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 2000''.
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, a person stalks an individual
if that person engages in conduct--
``(1) with the intent to injure or harass the individual;
and
``(2) 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, a member of that
individual's immediate family (as defined in section 115), or
that individual's 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. Such
an order shall remain in effect for such time as the court deems
necessary, and may be modified, extended or terminated at any time
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 Amendent.--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.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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