Personal Pictures Protection Act of 2005

Personal Pictures Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit placing photographs of a person's sexually explicit conduct on a computer so that they are accessible on the Internet, with the intent to embarrass or cause such person emotional distress and without such person's permission.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1189 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1189

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2005

    Mr. Green of Wisconsin 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 
sexually 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 
2005''.

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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