[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7778 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7778

   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

                             March 21, 2024

 Ms. Mace (for herself and Mr. Tiffany) 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 2024'' 
or as the ``Stop VOYEURS Act of 2024''.

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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