HR 1869 · 106th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act of 1999
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House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.(1999-11-19)
Plain Language Summary
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Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act of 1999 - Rewrites stalking provisions of the Federal criminal code. Prohibits and sets penalties for stalking an individual, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or within Indian country. Deems a person to be stalking an individual if the person, on two or more occasions: (1) engages in any conduct that results in the individual's reasonable fear of death or bodily injury to that individual or to a member of that individual's immediate family; and (2) knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such conduct results in that fear. Directs the court, at the time of sentencing for such offense, to issue an appropriate protection order designed to protect the victim from further stalking by the convicted person, which shall continue in effect until the victim communicates to the court that the order is no longer needed. Requires the judicial officer, where a stalking violation is charged and the person has a prior conviction for a crime of violence under Federal or State law, to order the detention of the person before trial, if that conviction was f…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1869, Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act of 1999
Nov 4, 1999Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 2, 1999
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Cosponsors (20)
6 Democrats14 Republicans