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To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the scope of the prohibition against video voyeurism.
Summary
The bill expands federal criminal law against video voyeurism by removing the requirement that the offense occur in special maritime or territorial jurisdiction. Instead, it establishes federal jurisdiction when the offender or victim travels in interstate or foreign commerce, when interstate commerce means are used to commit the offense, or when the conduct involves interstate commerce in other ways. The bill also increases the maximum prison sentence for video voyeurism from one year to five years. The expanded jurisdictional bases include situations involving payments, communications, equipment, or any conduct affecting interstate commerce.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- Feb 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Feb 11, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 2025
Ms. Mace (for herself and Mrs. Luna) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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 2025” or as the “Stop VOYEURS Act of 2025”.
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.”. <all>
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