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”.
Responding to Exploitation and Sharing of Private Explicit Content and Threats Act
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.
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—
in paragraph (4)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “2 years” and inserting “5 years”; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking “3 years” and inserting “10 years”; and
in paragraph (6)(B)—
in clause (i), by striking “18 months” and inserting “3 years”; and
in clause (ii), by striking “30 months” and inserting “5 years”.