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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7567 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the production or distribu-
tion of digital forgeries of intimate visual depictions of identifiable indi-
viduals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2024 
Ms. MACE (for herself, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. GAETZ, and Mr. GOOD of Virginia) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the pro-
duction or distribution of digital forgeries of intimate 
visual depictions of identifiable individuals, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Victims of Dig-
ital Exploitation and Manipulation Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. DIGITAL FORGERIES OF INTIMATE VISUAL DEPIC-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 88 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 1802. Prohibition of production or distribution of 
digital forgeries of intimate visual depic-
tions of identifiable individuals 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), whoever knowingly or recklessly produces or distrib-
utes, or causes to be produced or distributed, in or affect-
ing interstate or foreign commerce or using any means, 
channel, facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign 
commerce, a digital forgery of an identifiable individual, 
without the consent of the identifiable individual shall be 
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, 
or both. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall not apply 
with respect to a distribution made in good faith— 
‘‘(A) to a law enforcement officer or agen-
cy; 
‘‘(B) as part of a legal proceeding; 
‘‘(C) as part of medical education, diag-
nosis, or treatment; or 
‘‘(D) in the reporting or investigation of— 
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‘‘(i) unlawful content; or 
‘‘(ii) unsolicited or unwelcome con-
duct. 
‘‘(2) SERVICE PROVIDERS.—This section shall 
not apply to any provider of a communications serv-
ice with regard to content provided by another infor-
mation content provider unless the provider of the 
communications service knowingly or recklessly dis-
tributes content in violation of this section. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CONSENT.—The term ‘consent’ means an 
affirmative, conscious, competent, and voluntary au-
thorization made by the individual free from force, 
fraud, misrepresentation, or coercion, whether or not 
the individual is a public figure. 
‘‘(2) DIGITAL FORGERY.—The term ‘digital for-
gery’ means any intimate visual depiction of an indi-
vidual created through the use of software, machine 
learning, artificial intelligence, or any other com-
puter-generated means, including by adapting, modi-
fying, manipulating, or altering an authentic visual 
depiction, to appear to a reasonable person to be an 
authentic visual depiction of the individual. 
‘‘(3) IDENTIFIABLE
INDIVIDUAL.—The term 
‘identifiable individual’ means an individual whose 
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body appears in whole or in part in an intimate vis-
ual 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 rec-
ognizable feature, or from information displayed in 
connection with the visual depiction. 
‘‘(4) INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION.—The term 
‘intimate visual depiction’ means a visual depiction, 
as that term is defined in section 2256(5) of title 
18, that depicts— 
‘‘(A) the uncovered genitals, pubic area, 
anus, or female nipple of an identifiable indi-
vidual; 
‘‘(B) the display or transfer of bodily sex-
ual fluids— 
‘‘(i) on to any part of the body of an 
identifiable individual; or 
‘‘(ii) from the body of an identifiable 
individual; or 
‘‘(C) an identifiable individual engaging in 
sexually explicit conduct. 
‘‘(5) SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT.—The term 
‘sexually explicit conduct’ has the meaning given the 
term in subparagraph (A) of section 2256(2) of title 
18. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 88 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘1802. Prohibition of production or distribution of digital forgeries of intimate 
visual depictions of identifiable individuals.’’. 
SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY. 
The provisions of this Act shall be severable. If any 
provision of this Act, or any application thereof, is found 
unconstitutional, that finding shall not affect any provi-
sion or application of the Act not so adjudicated. 
Æ 
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