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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 55 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance criminal penalties for |
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| 6 | 6 | | health related stalking, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. J |
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| 10 | 10 | | ACKSONLEEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance criminal |
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| 14 | 14 | | penalties for health related stalking, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Vigilante 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Stalking that Stops Women’s Access to Healthcare and 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Abortion Rights Act of 2022’’. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | •HR 55 IH |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. OBTAINING OR INTERFERING WITH THE PERSONAL 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | HEALTHCARE DECISIONS OF A WOMAN. 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) I |
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| 27 | 27 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 110A of title 18, United 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2261B 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the following: 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘§ 2261C. Enhanced penalty for health related stalk-6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ing 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘If a person commits an offense under section 2261A 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | with the intent to obtain healthcare information of an indi-9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | vidual or to prevent the healthcare decisions of an indi-10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | vidual, the person may be imprisoned for up to 3 years, 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | in addition to any term of imprisonment imposed for that 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | offense under section 2261A.’’. 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) C |
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| 39 | 39 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | for chapter 110A of title 18, United States Code, is 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | amended by inserting after the item relating to section 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2261B the following: 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘2261C. Enhanced penalty for health related stalking.’’. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Æ |
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