HR 1869
106th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative procedure
Arrest
Bail
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Law
Preventive detention
Recidivists
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Stalking
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Victims of crimes
Violence
Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act of 1999
Introduced: May 19, 1999
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19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 19, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Nov 16, 1999
Received in the Senate.
Nov 10, 1999
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Nov 10, 1999
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Nov 10, 1999
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1869.
Nov 10, 1999
Mr. Bachus moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 10, 1999
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11910-11913)
Nov 10, 1999
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 5, 1999
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 264.
Nov 5, 1999
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 106-455.
Nov 2, 1999
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Nov 2, 1999
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 7, 1999
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 7, 1999
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Sep 29, 1999
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 25, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 19, 1999
Introduced in House
May 19, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1028)
May 19, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Plain-English summary
Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act of 1999 - Rewrites stalking provisions of the Federal criminal code. Prohibits: (1) for the purpose of stalking an individual, traveling or causing another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, using or causing another to use the mail or any facility in interstate or foreign commerce, or entering or leaving, or causing another to enter or leave, Indian country; or (2) stalking an individual within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or within Indian country. Specifies that 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 to, that individual or a member of that individual's immediate family (defined as that individual's parent, child, sibling, spouse, or intimate partner).
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, to remain in effect until otherwise ordered by the court 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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