,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #d1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,loretta ,sanchez of ,california   
7for herself and ,ms4 ,foxx7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on the   
,budget1 for a period to be subsequently
 determined by the ,speaker1 in each    
case for consideration of such          
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united 
,states ,code1 with respect to the      
offense of stalking4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,,stalkers ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,stalking
  7a7 ,in general ,section #bbfa;,a of  
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended to read as follows3  #bbfa;,a4  
,stalking  7a7 ,whoever1 with intent to 
kill1 physically injure1 harass1 or     
intimidate a person1 or place under     
surveillance with the intent to kill1   

physically injure1 harass1 or intimidate
 a person1 travels in interstate or     
foreign commerce or within the special  
maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
 the ,united ,states1 or enters or      
leaves ,indian country1 and in the      
course of1 or as a result of1 such      
travel--  7#a7 causes or attempts to    
cause bodily injury or serious emotional
 distress to a person other than the    
person engaging in the conduct2 or  7#b7
 engages in conduct that would be       
reasonably expected to cause the other  
person serious emotional distress2      
shall be punished as provided in        
subsection 7c74  7b7 ,whoever1 with     
intent to kill1 physically injure1      
harass1 or intimidate a person1 engages 
in a course of conduct in or            
substantially affecting interstate or   
foreign commerce that--  7#a7 causes or 
attempts to cause bodily injury or      
serious emotional distress to a person  
other than the person engaging in the   
conduct2 or  7#b7 occurs in             

circumstances where the conduct would be
 reasonably expected to cause the other 
person serious emotional distress2      
shall be punished as provided in        
subsection 7c74  7c7 ,the punishment for
 an offense under this section is the   
same as that for an offense under       
section #bbfa1 except that--  7#a7 if   
the offense involves conduct in         
violation of a protection order2 and    
7#b7 if the victim of the offense is    
under the age of #ah years or over the  
age of #fe years1 the offender has      
reached the age of #ah years at the time
 the offense was committed1 and the     
offender knew or should have known that 
the victim was under the age of #ah     
years or over the age of #fe years2  the
 maximum term of imprisonment that may  
be imposed is increased by #e years over
 the term of imprisonment otherwise     
provided for that offense in section    
#bbfa4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the 
item relating to section #bbfa;,a in the
 table of sections at the beginning of  

chapter #aaj;,a of title #ah1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended to read as    
follows3  #bbfa;,a4 ,stalking4  4  #c4  
,best practices regarding enforcement of
 anti-stalking laws to be included in   
annual report of the ,attorney ,general 
,in the annual report under section #ebi
 of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1   
the ,attorney ,general shall--  7#a7    
include an evaluation of ,federal1      
tribal1 ,state1 and local efforts to    
enforce laws relating to stalking2 and  
7#b7 identify and describe those        
elements of such efforts that constitute
 the best practices for the enforcement 
of such laws4  #d4 ,,paygo ,compliance  
,the budgetary effects of this ,act1 for
 the purpose of complying with the      
,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of    
#bjaj1 shall be determined by reference 
to the latest statement titled          
,budgetary ,effects of ,,paygo          
,legislation for this ,act1 submitted   
for printing in the ,congressional      
,record by the ,chairman of the ,house  

,budget ,committee1 provided that such  
statement has been submitted prior to   
the vote on passage4