[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6035 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6035

   To criminalize stalking using an unauthorized geotracking device.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 24, 2023

                Mrs. Sykes introduced the following bill

                            October 25, 2023

               Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To criminalize stalking using an unauthorized geotracking device.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Electronic Stalking Act''.

SEC. 2. 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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