119-hr4600

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4600 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4600

 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalties 
 related to intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual 
 depictions, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 22, 2025

 Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalties 
 related to intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual 
 depictions, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Responding to Exploitation and 
Sharing of Private Explicit Content and Threats Act'' or the ``RESPECT 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES RELATED TO INTENTIONAL DISCLOSURE OF 
 NONCONSENSUAL INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS.

 

Section 223

    (h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223

    (h) ) 
is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (4) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``2 years'' 
 and inserting ``5 years''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking ``3 years'' 
 and inserting ``10 years''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (6)
        (B) --
        (A) in clause
            (i) , by striking ``18 months'' and 
 inserting ``3 years''; and
        (B) in clause
            (ii) , by striking ``30 months'' and 
 inserting ``5 years''.
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