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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2370

To prevent the stalking of Federal officers and employees.

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

A BILL

To prevent the stalking of Federal officers and employees.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employee

5 Antistalking Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. STALKING.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 18, United

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow9 ing:

10 ‘‘§ 880. Stalking Federal officers and employees

11 ‘‘(a) Whoever—
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1 ‘‘(1) repeatedly engages in a pattern of conduct

2 directed at another person who is or was an officer

3 or employee in the executive or legislative branch of

4 the Federal Government (including the United

5 States Postal Service) while such other person is en6 gaged in official duties or on account of such duties;

7 ‘‘(2) knows or should know that such conduct

8 is likely to place that other person in reasonable fear

9 of sexual battery, bodily injury, or death; and

10 ‘‘(3) thereby induces such fear in that other

11 person, shall be punished as provided in subsection

12 (b) of this section.

13 ‘‘(b)(1) The punishment for an offense under sub14 section (a) of this section is the greatest of the following:

15 ‘‘(A) In the case of a first conviction under

16 such subsection, a fine under this title or imprison17 ment for not more than 3 years, or both.

18 ‘‘(B) In the case of a second or subsequent con19 viction under such subsection, a fine under this title

20 or imprisonment for not more than 15 years, or

21 both.

22 ‘‘(C) If during the commission of the offense,

23 the offender uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, a

24 fine under this title or imprisonment for not more

25 than 10 years, or both.
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1 ‘‘(D) If the offense violates a protective order,

2 a fine under this title or imprisonment not more

3 than 5 years, or both.

4 ‘‘(2) If a sentence of probation is imposed for an of5 fense under subsection (a) of this section, the court shall

6 require the defendant to undergo appropriate psychiatric,

7 psychological, or social counselling.

8 ‘‘(c) As used in this section, the term ‘protective

9 order’ means any court order that requires an individual—

10 ‘‘(1) to refrain from behavior prohibited by sub11 section (a) of this section; or

12 ‘‘(2) to refrain from contact with the person

13 who subsequently is a victim of the offense under

14 subsection (a) of this section that is committed by

15 that individual.

16 ‘‘(d) Whoever is or is about to be aggrieved by a viola17 tion of subsection (a) of this section may in a civil action

18 obtain from the person engaging or about to engage in

19 that violation, appropriate relief, including—

20 ‘‘(1) punitive damages in the case of a violation;

21 and

22 ‘‘(2) reasonable attorney’s fees.’’.

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

24 at the beginning of chapter 47 of title 18, United States

25 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘880 Stalking Federal officers and employees.’’.
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