[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 83 (Thursday, June 20, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5858-S5859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DeWINE:
  S. 2661. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit 
video voyeurism in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of 
the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. DeWine. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

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                                S. 2661

       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 ``Video Voyeurism Act of 
     2002''.

     SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF VIDEO VOYEURISM.

       (a) In General.--Title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     by inserting after chapter 87 the following new chapter:

                         ``CHAPTER 88--PRIVACY

``Sec.
``1801. Video voyeurism.

     ``Sec. 1801. Video voyeurism

       ``(a) Whoever, except as provided in subsection (b), in the 
     special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
     States, videotapes, photographs, films, or records by any 
     electronic means, any nonconsenting person, in circumstances 
     in which that person has a reasonable expectation of 
     privacy--
       ``(1) if that person is totally nude, clad in 
     undergarments, or in a state of undress that exposes the 
     genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast; or
       ``(2) under that person's clothing so as to expose the 
     genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast;

     shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
     one year, or both.
       ``(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to conduct--
       ``(1) of law enforcement officers pursuant to a criminal 
     investigation which is otherwise lawful; or
       ``(2) of correctional officials for security purposes or 
     for investigations of alleged misconduct involving a person 
     committed to their custody.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters at the 
     beginning of part I of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 87 
     the following new item:

``88. Privacy...............................................1801''.....

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