S. 1296 · 115th Congress
PRIVATE Act
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McCaskillSponsor4 cosponsors · 1 D, 3 R
2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act or the PRIVATE Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 6, 2017
Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act or the PRIVATE Act
This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit a person from knowingly and wrongfully broadcasting or distributing an intimate visual image of a private area of another individual who is at least 18 years old, who is identifiable from the image or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who does not explicitly consent, if the person knows or reasonably should have known that:
- the image was made under circumstances in which the individual depicted retained a reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any broadcast or distribution of such image; and
- the broadcast or distribution of the intimate visual image is likely to cause harm, harassment, intimidation, emotional distress, or financial loss for the individual depicted or to harm substantially the depicted individual's health, safety, business, calling, career, financial condition, reputation, or personal relationships.
The perpetrator of such offense is guilty of wrongful distribution of intimate visual images and shall by punished as a court-martial may direct.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: PRIVATE Act
Also known as: Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act
Latest action (Jun 6, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 6, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.