RESPECT Act
H.R. 4600119th Congress

RESPECT Act

Introduced in the HouseRep. Nancy Mace (R-SC-1)8 sections · 1 min read
Version: Introduced in House · Jul 22, 2025

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.

Section 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—

(1) in paragraph (4)—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2 years and inserting 5 years; and

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 3 years and inserting 10 years; and

(2) in paragraph (6)(B)—

(A) in clause (i), by striking 18 months and inserting 3 years; and

(B) in clause (ii), by striking 30 months and inserting 5 years.

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