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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7778 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the scope of the prohibition 

against video voyeurism. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2024 

Ms. MACE (for herself and Mr. TIFFANY) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the scope 

of the prohibition against video voyeurism. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Victimizers and 

5 Offenders from Yielding Explicit Unconsented Recordings 

6 Surreptitiously Act of 2024’’ or as the ‘‘Stop VOYEURS 

7 Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANDED PROHIBITION AGAINST VIDEO 

2 VOYEURISM. 

3 Section 1801 of title 18, United States Code, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘, in the special maritime 

7 and territorial jurisdiction of the United 

8 States,’’ and inserting ‘‘, in a circumstance de9 scribed in subsection (d),’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘imprisoned not more than 

11 one year’’ and inserting ‘‘imprisoned not more 

12 than 5 years’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(d) CIRCUMSTANCE DESCRIBED.—For the purposes 

15 of subsection (a), the circumstances described in this sub16 section are that— 

17 ‘‘(1) the offender or victim traveled in inter18 state or foreign commerce, or traveled using a 

19 means, channel, facility, or instrumentality of inter20 state or foreign commerce, in furtherance of or in 

21 connection with the conduct described in subsection 

22 (a); 

23 ‘‘(2) the offender used a means, channel, facil24 ity, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign com25 merce in furtherance of or in connection with the 

26 conduct described in subsection (a); 


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1 ‘‘(3) any payment of any kind was made, di2 rectly or indirectly, in furtherance of or in connec3 tion with the conduct described in subsection (a) 

4 using any means, channel, facility, or instrumen5 tality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or af6 fecting interstate or foreign commerce; 

7 ‘‘(4) the offender transmitted in interstate or 

8 foreign commerce any communication relating to or 

9 in furtherance of the conduct described in subsection 

10 (a) using any means, channel, facility, or instrumen11 tality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or af12 fecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means 

13 or in manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or 

14 electromagnetic transmission; 

15 ‘‘(5) any equipment, item, or other object that 

16 has traveled in interstate or foreign commerce was 

17 used to perform the conduct described in subsection 

18 (a); 

19 ‘‘(6) the conduct described in subsection (a) oc20 curred within the special maritime and territorial ju21 risdiction of the United States, or any territory or 

22 possession of the United States; or 


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1 ‘‘(7) the conduct described in subsection (a) 

2 otherwise occurred in or affected interstate or for3 eign commerce.’’. 

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