Personal Pictures Protection Act of 2001

Personal Pictures Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for placing sexually explicit photographs of a person on the Internet, with intent to embarrass or cause emotional distress to that person, without that person's permission.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1655 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1655

To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the placing of sexual 
  explicit photographs on the Internet without the permission of the 
                         persons photographed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2001

   Mr. Green of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
   Watkins, and Mr. Gordon) 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 punish the placing of sexual 
  explicit photographs on the Internet without the permission of the 
                         persons photographed.

    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 ``Personal Pictures Protection Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET.

    (a) In General.--Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after chapter 79 the following:

                     ``CHAPTER 80--PERSONAL PRIVACY

``Sec.
``1631. Sexually explicit photographs on the Internet.
``Sec. 1631. Sexually explicit photographs on the Internet
    ``Whoever, with the intent to embarrass or cause emotional distress 
to another person places on a computer photographs of the sexually 
explicit conduct (as defined in section 2256) of that person so that 
such photographs are accessible on the Internet, without the permission 
of that other person, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than 2 years, or both.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for part I of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to chapter 79 the following new item:

``80. Personal privacy.''.
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