119-hr1203

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1203 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1203

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the scope of the 
 prohibition against video voyeurism.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 11, 2025

 Ms. Mace (for herself and Mrs. Luna) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the scope of the 
 prohibition against video voyeurism.

 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 Victimizers and Offenders from 
Yielding Explicit Unconsented Recordings Surreptitiously Act of 2025'' 
or as the ``Stop VOYEURS Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDED PROHIBITION AGAINST VIDEO VOYEURISM.

 

Section 1801 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) by striking ``, in the special maritime and 
 territorial jurisdiction of the United States,'' and 
 inserting ``, in a circumstance described in subsection
            (d) ,''; and
        (B) by striking ``imprisoned not more than one 
 year'' and inserting ``imprisoned not more than 5 
 years''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (d) Circumstance Described.--For the purposes of subsection

    (a) , 
the circumstances described in this subsection are that--
 ``

    (1) the offender or victim traveled in interstate or 
 foreign commerce, or traveled using a means, channel, facility, 
 or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce, in 
 furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in 
 subsection

    (a) ;
 ``

    (2) the offender used a means, channel, facility, or 
 instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in 
 furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in 
 subsection

    (a) ;
 ``

    (3) any payment of any kind was made, directly or 
 indirectly, in furtherance of or in connection with the conduct 
 described in subsection

    (a) using any means, channel, facility, 
 or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or 
 affecting interstate or foreign commerce;
 ``

    (4) the offender transmitted in interstate or foreign 
 commerce any communication relating to or in furtherance of the 
 conduct described in subsection

    (a) using any means, channel, 
 facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce 
 or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means 
 or in manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or 
 electromagnetic transmission;
 ``

    (5) any equipment, item, or other object that has 
 traveled in interstate or foreign commerce was used to perform 
 the conduct described in subsection

    (a) ;
 ``

    (6) the conduct described in subsection

    (a) occurred 
 within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the 
 United States, or any territory or possession of the United 
 States; or
 ``

    (7) the conduct described in subsection

    (a) otherwise 
 occurred in or affected interstate or foreign commerce.''.
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