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(1) HARMONIZE.—The term ‘‘harmonize’’ includes efforts to 
coordinate sexual violence data collection to produce com-
plementary information, as appropriate, without compromising 
programmatic needs. 
(2) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘sexual violence’’ includes 
an unwanted sexual act (including both contact and non-con-
tact) about which the Federal Government collects information. 
(3) WORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working Group’’ means 
the interagency working group established under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 1308. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE RESPONSES 
TO 
ASSIST 
VICTIMS 
OF 
DOMESTIC 
AND 
SEXUAL 
VIOLENCE; ASSISTANCE FOR MICROBUSINESSES. 
Section 41501(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
(34 U.S.C. 12501(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘companies and public entities’’ and 
inserting ‘‘companies, public entities’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and employers with fewer than 
20 employees’’ after ‘‘State and local governments’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘, which materials shall include a website 
with resources for employers with fewer than 20 employees, 
including live training materials’’. 
SEC. 1309. CIVIL ACTION RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF INTIMATE 
IMAGES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMERCIAL
PORNOGRAPHIC
CONTENT.—The term 
‘‘commercial pornographic content’’ means any material that 
is subject to the record keeping requirements under section 
2257 of title 18, United States Code. 
(2) CONSENT.—The term ‘‘consent’’ means an affirmative, 
conscious, and voluntary authorization made by the individual 
free from force, fraud, misrepresentation, or coercion. 
(3) DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘depicted individual’’ 
means an individual whose body appears in whole or in part 
in an intimate visual depiction and who is identifiable by virtue 
of the person’s face, likeness, or other distinguishing char-
acteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable 
feature, or from information displayed in connection with the 
visual depiction. 
(4) DISCLOSE.—The term ‘‘disclose’’ means to transfer, pub-
lish, distribute, or make accessible. 
(5) INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION.—The term ‘‘intimate visual 
depiction’’— 
(A) means a visual depiction, as that term is defined 
in section 2256(5) of title 18, United States Code, that 
depicts— 
(i) the uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or 
post-pubescent female nipple of an identifiable indi-
vidual; or 
(ii) the display or transfer of bodily sexual fluids— 
(I) on to any part of the body of an identifiable 
individual; 
(II) from the body of an identifiable individual; 
or
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(III) an identifiable individual engaging in 
sexually explicit conduct and 
(B) includes any visual depictions described in subpara-
graph (A) produced while the identifiable individual was 
in a public place only if the individual did not— 
(i) voluntarily display the content depicted; or 
(ii) consent to the sexual conduct depicted. 
(6) SEXUALLY
EXPLICIT
CONDUCT.—The term ‘‘sexually 
explicit conduct’’ has the meaning given the term in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of section 2256(2) of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(b) CIVIL ACTION.— 
(1) RIGHT OF ACTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (4), 
an individual whose intimate visual depiction is disclosed, 
in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or using 
any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce, 
without the consent of the individual, where such disclosure 
was made by a person who knows that, or recklessly dis-
regards whether, the individual has not consented to such 
disclosure, may bring a civil action against that person 
in an appropriate district court of the United States for 
relief as set forth in paragraph (3). 
(B) RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.—In 
the case of an individual who is under 18 years of age, 
incompetent, incapacitated, or deceased, the legal guardian 
of the individual or representative of the identifiable 
individual’s estate, another family member, or any other 
person appointed as suitable by the court, may assume 
the identifiable individual’s’ rights under this section, but 
in no event shall the defendant be named as such rep-
resentative or guardian. 
(2) CONSENT.—For purposes of an action under paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) the fact that the individual consented to the cre-
ation of the depiction shall not establish that the person 
consented to its distribution; and 
(B) the fact that the individual disclosed the intimate 
visual depiction to someone else shall not establish that 
the person consented to the further disclosure of the 
intimate visual depiction by the person alleged to have 
violated paragraph (1). 
(3) RELIEF.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In a civil action filed under this 
section— 
(i) an individual may recover the actual damages 
sustained by the individual or liquidated damages in 
the amount of $150,000, and the cost of the action, 
including reasonable attorney’s fees and other litigation 
costs reasonably incurred; and 
(ii) the court may, in addition to any other relief 
available at law, order equitable relief, including a 
temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, 
or a permanent injunction ordering the defendant to 
cease display or disclosure of the visual depiction. 
(B) PRESERVATION OF ANONYMITY.—In ordering relief 
under subparagraph (A), the court may grant injunctive
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relief maintaining the confidentiality of a plaintiff using 
a pseudonym. 
(4) EXCEPTIONS.—An identifiable individual may not bring 
an action for relief under this section relating to— 
(A) an intimate image that is commercial pornographic 
content, unless that content was produced by force, fraud, 
misrepresentation, or coercion of the depicted individual; 
(B) a disclosure made in good faith— 
(i) to a law enforcement officer or agency; 
(ii) as part of a legal proceeding; 
(iii) as part of medical education, diagnosis, or 
treatment; or 
(iv) in the reporting or investigation of— 
(I) unlawful content; or 
(II) unsolicited or unwelcome conduct; 
(C) a matter of public concern or public interest; or 
(D) a disclosure reasonably intended to assist the 
identifiable individual. 
SEC. 1310. CHOOSE RESPECT ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Choose 
Respect Act’’. 
(b) DESIGNATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 36, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 146. Choose Respect Day 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—October 1 is Choose Respect Day. 
‘‘(b) RECOGNITION.—All private citizens, organizations, and Fed-
eral, State, and local governmental and legislative entities are 
encouraged to recognize Choose Respect Day through proclamations, 
activities, and educational efforts in furtherance of changing the 
culture around the tolerance of violence against women.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table 
of sections for chapter 1 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘146. Choose Respect Day.’’. 
(c) MEDIA CAMPAIGN.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) 
DIRECTOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Director’’ 
means 
the 
Director of the Office on Violence Against Women. 
(B) NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—The term ‘‘national 
media campaign’’ means the national ‘‘Choose Respect’’ 
media campaign described in paragraph (2). 
(2) MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—The Director shall, to the extent 
feasible and appropriate, conduct a national ‘‘Choose Respect’’ 
media campaign in accordance with this section for the purposes 
of— 
(A) preventing and discouraging violence against 
women, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking by targeting the attitudes, percep-
tions, and beliefs of individuals who have or are likely 
to commit such crimes; 
(B) encouraging victims of the crimes described in 
subparagraph (A) to seek help through the means deter-
mined to be most effective by the most current evidence 
available, including seeking legal representation; and
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(C) informing the public about the help available to 
victims of the crimes described in subparagraph (A). 
(3) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to carry 
out this section for the national media campaign may only 
be used for the following: 
(i) The purchase of media time and space, including 
the strategic planning for, tracking, and accounting 
of, such purchases. 
(ii) Creative and talent costs, consistent with 
subparagraph (B). 
(iii) Advertising production costs, which may 
include television, radio, internet, social media, and 
other commercial marketing venues. 
(iv) Testing and evaluation of advertising. 
(v) Evaluation of the effectiveness of the national 
media campaign. 
(vi) Costs of contracts to carry out activities author-
ized by this subsection. 
(vii) Partnerships with professional and civic 
groups, 
community-based 
organizations, 
including 
faith-based 
organizations 
and 
culturally 
specific 
organizations, and government organizations related 
to the national media campaign. 
(viii) Entertainment industry outreach, interactive 
outreach, media projects and activities, public informa-
tion, news media outreach, corporate sponsorship and 
participation, and professional sports associations and 
military branch participation. 
(ix) Operational and management expenses. 
(B) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.— 
(i) CREATIVE SERVICES.—In using amounts for cre-
ative and talent costs under subparagraph (A), the 
Director shall use creative services donated at no cost 
to the Government wherever feasible and may only 
procure creative services for advertising— 
(I) responding to high-priority or emergent 
campaign needs that cannot timely be obtained 
at no cost; or 
(II) intended to reach a minority, ethnic, or 
other special audience that cannot reasonably be 
obtained at no cost. 
(ii) TESTING AND EVALUATION OF ADVERTISING.— 
In using amounts for testing and evaluation of adver-
tising under subparagraph (A)(iv), the Director shall 
test all advertisements prior to use in the national 
media campaign to ensure that the advertisements 
are effective with the target audience and meet 
industry-accepted standards. The Director may waive 
this requirement for advertisements using not more 
than 10 percent of the purchase of advertising time 
purchased under this section in a fiscal year and not 
more than 10 percent of the advertising space pur-
chased under this section in a fiscal year, if the 
advertisements respond to emergent and time-sensitive 
campaign needs or the advertisements will not be 
widely utilized in the national media campaign.