18 U.S.C. § 2261A
Stalking
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 2261A, Stalking, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449537
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Full text
Whoever—
travels in interstate or foreign commerce or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or enters or leaves Indian country, with the intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate, or place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate another person, and in the course of, or as a result of, such travel or presence engages in conduct that—
places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to—
with the intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate, or place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate another person, uses the mail, any interactive computer service or electronic communication service or electronic communication system of interstate commerce, or any other facility of interstate or foreign commerce to engage in a course of conduct that—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
- Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
- Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005House: 415–4Senate: no recorded tally
- Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013
- Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
- Combat Online Predators ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally