HR 1461
103th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Injunctions
Recidivists
Sentencing guidelines
Stalking
Federal Stalking Prevention Act of 1993
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 26, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
Mar 24, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 24, 1993
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Federal Stalking Prevention Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for stalking (i.e., conduct that involves an express or implied threat to kill or to inflict bodily injury that is made with the intent to place a person in fear and in a manner or context that causes that person reasonably to fear bodily injury or death).
Directs the United States Sentencing Commission, in establishing sentencing guidelines for stalking, to provide a longer prison sentence for second or subsequent offenses while a protection order was in effect governing the defendant's behavior toward the victim.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
Committees of jurisdiction
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