,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjai,ms4 ,meng 7for herself1 ,ms4      
,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1  
,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of 
,puerto ,rico1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4     
,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,ms4      
,kelly of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 
,kilmer1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new           
,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4       
,meeks1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 
,roybal-,allard1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 
,suozzi1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 and  
,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to extend the coverage of
 the ,federal prohibition against       
stalking in order to provide protection 
to friends and co-workers1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,expanded ,stalking 
,protections ,act of #bjai4  #b4        

,stalking  7a7 ,in general ,section     
#bbfa;,a of title #ah1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by striking   
,whoever and inserting 7a7 ,in          
general4--,whoever2  7#b7 in paragraph  
7#a77;,a77ii71 by striking or2  7#c7 in 
paragraph 7#a77;,a77iii71 by striking or
 after the semicolon2  7#d7 by adding at
 the end of paragraph 7#a77;,a7 the     
following3  7iv7 a friend of that       
person2 or  7v7 a co-worker of that     
person2 or  2 and  7#e7 by adding at the
 end of the following3  7b7 ,definitions
 ,in this section3  7#a7 ,co-worker ,the
 term co-worker means a person with whom
 one has a work relationship1 without   
regard to any hierarchy within the      
organization4  7#b7 ,friend ,the term   
friend means a person with whom one has 
a bond of mutual affection1 exclusive of
 intimate or family relations4  4  7b7  
,conforming amendments ,section         
#bbfa;,a1 as amended by subsection 7a71 
is further amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph  
7#a77;,b71 by striking or 7iii7 and     

inserting 7iii71 7iv71 or 7v72  7#b7 in 
paragraph 7#b77;,a71 by striking or     
7iii7 and inserting 7iii71 7iv71 or 7v72
 and  7#c7 in paragraph 7#b77;,b71 by   
striking or 7iii7 and inserting 7iii71  
7iv71 or 7v74