Discussion Draft F:\M14\SPEIER\SPEIER_007.XML DISCUSSION DRAFT 114TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. ll To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that it is unlawful to knowingly distribute a private, visual depiction of a person’s intimate parts or of a person engaging in sexually explicit conduct, with reckless disregard for the person’s lack of consent to the distribution, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. SPEIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that it is unlawful to knowingly distribute a private, visual depiction of a person’s intimate parts or of a person engaging in sexually explicit conduct, with reckless disregard for the person’s lack of consent to the distribution, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intimate Privacy Pro- 5 tection Act of 2016’’. f:\VHLC\060916\060916.273.xml June 9, 2016 (4:02 p.m.) VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:02 Jun 09, 2016 Jkt 000000 (591982 29) PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\SPEIER~1.XM Discussion Draft F:\M14\SPEIER\SPEIER_007.XML 2 1 SEC. 2. CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO VISUAL DEPIC- 2 TIONS OF THE INTIMATE PARTS OF AN INDI- 3 VIDUAL OR OF AN INDIVIDUAL ENGAGED IN 4 SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 88 of title 18, United 6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 8 ‘‘§ 1802. Certain activities relating to visual depic9 tions of the intimate parts of an indi- 10 vidual or of an individual engaged in sex- 11 ually explicit conduct 12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever knowingly uses the 13 mail, any interactive computer service or electronic com14 munication service or electronic communication system of 15 interstate commerce, or any other facility of interstate or 16 foreign commerce to distribute a visual depiction of a per17 son who is identifiable from the image itself or information 18 displayed in connection with the image and who is engag19 ing in sexually explicit conduct, or of the naked genitals 20 or post-pubescent female nipple of a person, with reckless 21 disregard for the person’s lack of consent to the distribu22 tion, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more 23 than 5 years, or both. 24 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 25 ‘‘(1) LAW 26 PROCEEDINGS.—This f:\VHLC\060916\060916.273.xml June 9, 2016 (4:02 p.m.) VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:02 Jun 09, 2016 ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER LEGAL Jkt 000000 section— (591982 29) PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\SPEIER~1.XM Discussion Draft F:\M14\SPEIER\SPEIER_007.XML 3 1 ‘‘(A) does not prohibit any lawful law en- 2 forcement, correctional, or intelligence activity; 3 ‘‘(B) shall not apply in the case of an indi- 4 vidual reporting unlawful activity; and 5 ‘‘(C) shall not apply to a subpoena or court 6 order for use in a legal proceeding. 7 ‘‘(2) VOLUNTARY 8 POSURE.—This 9 piction of a voluntary exposure of an individual’s 10 own naked genitals or post-pubescent female nipple 11 or an individual’s voluntary engagement in sexually 12 explicit conduct if such exposure takes place in pub- 13 lic or in a lawful commercial setting. 14 section does not apply to a visual de- ‘‘(3) CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF VISUAL DEPIC- 15 TIONS EXCEPTED.—This 16 the case of a visual depiction, the disclosure of which 17 is in the bona fide public interest. 18 section shall not apply in ‘‘(4) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INTERNET 19 SERVICE PROVIDERS.—This 20 to any provider of an interactive computer service as 21 defined in section 230(f)(2) of the Communications 22 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230 (f)(2)) with regard to 23 content provided by another information content 24 provider, as defined in section 230(f)(3) of the Com- 25 munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)(3)) un- f:\VHLC\060916\060916.273.xml June 9, 2016 (4:02 p.m.) VerDate Nov 24 2008 PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL EX- 16:02 Jun 09, 2016 Jkt 000000 section shall not apply (591982 29) PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\SPEIER~1.XM Discussion Draft F:\M14\SPEIER\SPEIER_007.XML 4 1 less such provider of an interactive computer service 2 intentionally promotes or solicits content that it 3 knows to be in violation of this section. 4 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 5 ‘‘(1) Except as otherwise provided, any term 6 used in this section has the meaning given that term 7 in section 1801. 8 ‘‘(2) The term ‘visual depiction’ means any pho- 9 tograph, film, or video, whether produced by elec- 10 tronic, mechanical, or other means. 11 ‘‘(3) The term ‘sexually explicit conduct’ has 12 the 13 2256(2)(A).’’. 14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections meaning given that term in section 15 of chapter 88 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 16 by inserting after the item relating to section 1801 the 17 following: ‘‘1802. Certain activities relating to visual depictions of the intimate parts of an individual or of an individual engaged in sexually explicit conduct.’’. f:\VHLC\060916\060916.273.xml June 9, 2016 (4:02 p.m.) VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:02 Jun 09, 2016 Jkt 000000 (591982 29) PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\SPEIER~1.XM