In Congress, I am also fighting for enhanced criminal penalties for stalkers of minors and an evaluation of Federal, State, and local efforts to enforce laws relating to stalking and identify elements of these enforcement efforts that constitute best practices.
The candidate will work to enact enhanced criminal penalties for stalkers of minors and require an evaluation of federal, state, and local stalking enforcement practices to identify best practices.
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Public Law 116-249 created 18 U.S.C. 2261B, increasing the maximum imprisonment term by five years when the stalking victim is under 18, and required the Attorney General to report to Congress on federal, tribal, state, and local anti-stalking enforcement efforts and best practices.
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Fitzpatrick’s office announced that the Combat Online Predators Act was signed into law and described it as legislation by Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick and Stephanie Murphy with Senators Pat Toomey and Bob Casey. The release says the law provides enhanced penalties by up to five years when the victim is a minor and calls for DOJ to evaluate federal, state, and local stalking-law enforcement efforts and identify best practices.
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The promised policy was enacted as the Combat Online Predators Act, Public Law 116-249, while Fitzpatrick was serving in Congress. The law increased penalties by up to five years when the stalking victim is a minor and required the Attorney General to evaluate federal, state, tribal, and local stalking enforcement practices and identify best practices. Fitzpatrick is directly credited as a House sponsor/author in the provided office evidence, so this counts as full same-term delivery.