RESPECT Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4600 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4600

   To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalties 
  related to intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual 
                  depictions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2025

   Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalties 
  related to intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual 
                  depictions, 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 ``Responding to Exploitation and 
Sharing of Private Explicit Content and Threats Act'' or the ``RESPECT 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES RELATED TO INTENTIONAL DISCLOSURE OF 
              NONCONSENSUAL INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS.

    Section 223(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(h)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``2 years'' 
                and inserting ``5 years''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``3 years'' 
                and inserting ``10 years''; and
            (2) in paragraph (6)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``18 months'' and 
                inserting ``3 years''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``30 months'' and 
                inserting ``5 years''.
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