§ 2261A. — Interstate stalking.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC2261A]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 110A--DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING
Sec. 2261A. Interstate stalking
Whoever--
(1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States,
or enters or leaves Indian country, with the intent to kill, injure,
harass, or intimidate another person, and in the course of, or as a
result of, such travel places that person in reasonable fear of the
death of, or serious bodily injury to, that person, a member of the
immediate family (as defined in section 115) of that person, or the
spouse or intimate partner of that person; or
(2) with the intent--
(A) to kill or injure a person in another State or tribal
jurisdiction or within the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction of the United States; or
(B) to place a person in another State or tribal
jurisdiction, or within the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction of the United States, in reasonable fear of the
death of, or serious bodily injury to--
(i) that person;
(ii) a member of the immediate family (as defined in
section 115) of that person; or
(iii) a spouse or intimate partner of that person,
uses the mail or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce to
engage in a course of conduct that places that person in reasonable
fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any of the
persons described in clauses (i) through (iii),
shall be punished as provided in section 2261(b).
(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title X, Sec. 1069(a), Sept. 23, 1996,
110 Stat. 2655; amended Pub. L. 106-386, div. B, title I,
Sec. 1107(b)(1), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1498.)
Amendments
2000--Pub. L. 106-386 reenacted section catchline without change and
amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
``Whoever travels across a State line or within the special maritime and
territorial jurisdiction of the United States with the intent to injure
or harass another person, and in the course of, or as a result of, such
travel places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious
bodily injury (as defined in section 1365(g)(3) of this title) to, that
person or a member of that person's immediate family (as defined in
section 115 of this title) shall be punished as provided in section 2261
of this title.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2261, 2266 of this title.
