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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6035
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 24, 2023Mrs. Sykes introduced the following bill
October 25, 2023Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To criminalize stalking using an unauthorized geotracking device.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Stop Electronic Stalking Act.
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Stalking penalty
Section 2261A of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking Whoever and inserting (a) In general.—Whoever;
(2) by inserting after uses the mail, the following: uses an unauthorized geotracking device; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
(b)
Definitions
In this section:
(1) The term geotracking device means an electronic or mechanical device that permits a person to remotely determine or track the position and movement of another person.
(2) The term unauthorized means, with respect to a geotracking device, that the person on whom the geotracking device is being used has not consented to such use or otherwise revoked consent to such use.
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