[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7715 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7715

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit coercing protected 
adults to send or otherwise transmit an intimate visual depiction, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2026

  Ms. Stevens (for herself and Mrs. Dingell) 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 prohibit coercing protected 
adults to send or otherwise transmit an intimate visual depiction, 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 ``Justice for Allie Act''.

SEC. 2. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF PROTECTED ADULTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2245A. Sexual exploitation of protected adults
    ``(a) Offense.--Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of 
interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly persuades, induces, entices, 
or coerces any protected adult to send or otherwise transmit an 
intimate visual depiction (as such term is defined in section 1309 of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (15 U.S.C. 6851)) with the 
intent to harm such protected adult, or attempts to do so--
            ``(1) in the case of a first offense under this section, 
        shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 
        year, or both; or
            ``(2) in the case of a second or subsequent offense under 
        this section, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for 
        not more than 2 years, or both.
    ``(b) Definition.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `protected adult' means an individual who is 
        18 years of age or older and who is unable to protect 
        themselves from abuse, neglect, or exploitation at the time of 
        offense, due to one or more of the following:
                    ``(A) Autism spectrum disorder (as such term is 
                defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic 
                and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, as of the 
                date of the commission of the offense).
                    ``(B) Intellectual developmental disorder (as such 
                term is defined in the most recent edition of the 
                Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 
                as of the date of the commission of the offense) or an 
                intellectual disability (as such term is defined in the 
                edition of the International Classification of Diseases 
                most recently adopted by the Department of Health and 
                Human Services, as of the date of the commission of the 
                offense).
                    ``(C) Cerebral palsy (as such term is defined in 
                the edition of the International Classification of 
                Diseases most recently adopted by the Department of 
                Health and Human Services, as of the date of the 
                commission of the offense).
                    ``(D) Down syndrome (as such term is defined in the 
                edition of the International Classification of Diseases 
                most recently adopted by the Department of Health and 
                Human Services, as of the date of the commission of the 
                offense).
                    ``(E) Major neurocognitive disorder (as such term 
                is defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic 
                and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, as of the 
                date of the commission of the offense).
                    ``(F) Dementia or Alzheimer's disease (as such 
                terms are defined in the edition of the International 
                Classification of Diseases most recently adopted by the 
                Department of Health and Human Services, as of the date 
                of the commission of the offense).
                    ``(G) Schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder 
                (as such term is defined in the most recent edition of 
                the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental 
                Disorders, as of the date of the commission of the 
                offense).
            ``(2) The term `harm' means any harm, whether physical, 
        psychological, financial, or reputational harm.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 109A of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
related to section 2245 the following:

``2245A. Sexual exploitation of protected adults.''.
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