,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #befd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #a1 #bjbe,ms4 
,mace introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
prohibit the production or distribution 
of digital forgeries of intimate visual 
depictions of identifiable individuals1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protect ,victims of ,digital           
,exploitation and ,manipulation ,act of 
#bjbe4  #b4 ,digital forgeries of       
intimate visual depictions  7a7 ,in     
general ,chapter #hh of title #ah1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  #ahjb4
 ,prohibition of production or          
distribution of digital forgeries of    
intimate visual depictions of           
identifiable individuals  7a7 ,offense  
,except as provided in subsection 7b71  
whoever1 in any circumstance described  

in subsection 7c71 acts with reckless   
disregard to produce or distribute1 or  
causes to be produced or distributed1 a 
digital forgery of an identifiable      
individual1 without the consent of the  
identifiable individual1 shall be fined 
under this title1 imprisoned not more   
than #e years1 or both4  7b7 ,exceptions
  7#a7 ,in general ,this section shall  
not apply with respect to a distribution
 made in good faith--  7,a7 to a law    
enforcement officer or agency2  7,b7 as 
part of a legal proceeding2  7,c7 as    
part of medical education1 diagnosis1 or
 treatment2 or  7,d7 in the reporting or
 investigation of--  7i7 unlawful       
content2 or  7ii7 unsolicited or        
unwelcome conduct4  7#b7 ,service       
providers ,this section shall not apply 
to any provider of a communications     
service with regard to content provided 
by another information content provider 
unless the provider of the              
communications service recklessly       
distributes content in violation of this

 section4  7c7 ,circumstances described 
,for the purposes of subsection 7a71 the
 circumstances described in this        
subsection are that the digital forgery 
is produced or distributed using a      
means1 channel1 facility1 or            
instrumentality of interstate or foreign
 commerce or traveled in or affected    
interstate or foreign commerce4  7d7    
,extraterritorial application ,this     
section applies if the individual who   
has violated subsection 7a7 or the      
identifiable individual who is a victim 
of the violation of subsection 7a7 is a 
national of the ,united ,states 7as such
 term is defined in section #aja7;a7 of 
the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act74
  7e7 ,definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,consent ,the term consent means an
 affirmative1 conscious1 competent1 and 
voluntary authorization made by the     
individual free from force1 fraud1      
misrepresentation1 or coercion1 whether 
or not the individual is a public       
figure4  7#b7 ,digital forgery ,the term

 digital forgery means any intimate     
visual depiction of an individual       
created through the use of software1    
machine learning1 artificial            
intelligence1 or any other              
computer-generated means1 including by  
adapting1 modifying1 manipulating1 or   
altering an authentic visual depiction1 
to appear to a reasonable person to be  
an authentic visual depiction of the    
individual4  7#c7 ,identifiable         
individual ,the term identifiable       
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  
face1 likeness1 or other distinguishing 
characteristic1 such as a unique        
birthmark or other recognizable feature1
 or from information displayed in       
connection with the visual depiction4   
7#d7 ,intimate visual depiction ,the    
term intimate visual depiction means a  
visual depiction1 as that term is       
defined in section #bbef7e71 that       

depicts--  7,a7 the uncovered genitals1 
pubic area1 anus1 or female nipple of an
 identifiable individual2  7,b7 the     
display or transfer of bodily sexual    
fluids--  7i7 on to any part of the body
 of an identifiable individual2 or  7ii7
 from the body of an identifiable       
individual2 or  7,c7 an identifiable    
individual engaging in sexually explicit
 conduct4  7#e7 ,sexually explicit      
conduct ,the term sexually explicit     
conduct has the meaning given the term  
in subparagraph 7,a7 of section         
#bbef7b74  7#f7 ,communications service 
,the term communications service means--
 7,a7 a service provided by a person    
that is a common carrier1 as that term  
is defined in section #c of the         
,communications ,act of #aicd1 insofar  
as the person is acting as a common     
carrier2  7,b7 an electronic            
communication service1 as that term is  
defined in section #beaj2  7,c7 an      
information service1 as that term is    
defined in section #c of the            

,communications ,act of #aicd2 and  7,d7
 an interactive computer service1 as    
that term is defined in section #bcj7;f7
 of the ,communications ,act of #aicd4  
7#g7 ,information content provider ,the 
term information content provider has   
the meaning given such term in section  
#bcj7;f7 of the ,communications ,act of 
#aicd4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the 
table of sections for chapter #hh of    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #ahjb4 ,prohibition of      
production or distribution of digital   
forgeries of intimate visual depictions 
of identifiable individuals4  4  #c4    
,severability ,the provisions of this   
,act1 or an amendment made by this ,act1
 shall be severable4 ,if any provision  
of this ,act1 or any application        
thereof1 is found unconstitutional1 that
 finding shall not affect any provision 
or application of the ,act not so       
adjudicated4