Simplifying the Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5662
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2010-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Assault and harassment offenses
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Simplifying the Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 2010 or the STALKERS Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the definition of the crime of stalking and extend criminal penalties for such crime to anyone who, with intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate a person, engages in any conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States that: (1) causes or attempts to cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress; or (2) occurs in circumstances where the conduct would be reasonably expected to cause emotional distress. Increases penalties for such crime if: (1) the offense involves conduct in violation of a protection order; or (2) the victim of the offense is under the age of 18.
 
Requires the annual report of the Attorney General to include an evaluation of efforts to enforce laws relating to stalking and to identify and describe elements of such efforts that constitute the best practices for the enforcement of such laws. 

action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Simplifying The Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 2010 or the STALKERS Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the definition of stalking and impose criminal penalties on anyone who, with intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate a person or to place a person under surveillance with the intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate such person, travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or enters or leaves Indian country and: (1) causes or attempts to cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress to another person; or (2) engages in conduct that would be reasonably expected to cause serious emotional distress to another person.
 
Imposes the same criminal penalties on anyone who, with intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate a person, engages in a course of conduct in or substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce that: (1) causes or attempts to cause bodily injury or serious emotional distress to another person; or (2) occurs in circumstances where the conduct would be reasonably expected to cause another person serious emotional distress.
 
Increases penalties for stalking offenses if: (1) the offense involves conduct in violation of a protection order; or (2) the victim of the offense is under the age of 18 or over the age of 65.
 
Requires the annual report of the Attorney General to include an evaluation of efforts to enforce laws relating to stalking and to identify and describe elements of such efforts that constitute the best practices for the enforcement of such laws. 
 
 
Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6135)
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6135)
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5662.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6135-6136)
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Introduced in House