Latest action · May 25, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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IntroducedApr 6, 2017
Passed HouseMay 24, 2017
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached
Summary
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Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act or the PRIVATE Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit a person from knowingly and wrongfully broadcasting or distributing an intimate visual image of a private area of another individual who is at least 18 years old, who is identifiable from the image or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who does not explicitly consent, if the person knows or reasonably should have known that:
the image was made under circumstances in which the individual depicted retained a reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any broadcast or distribution of such image; and
the broadcast or distribution of the intimate visual image is likely to cause harm, harassment, intimidation, emotional distress, or financial loss for the individual depicted or to harm substantially the depicted individual's health, safety, business, calling, career, financial condition, reputation, or personal relationships.
The perpetrator of such offense is guilty of wrongful distribution of intimate visual images and shall by punished as a court-martial may direct.
Recorded votes 1
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Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2017 to
May 23, 2017;
11 are original cosponsors,
there from the day it was introduced.
May 25, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 24, 2017Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4527)
May 24, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 418 - 0 (Roll no. 277). (text: CR 5/23/2017 H4477-4478)
May 24, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 23, 2017Ms. McSally moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
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Constitutional authority
Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause l4: ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval forces.''
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 60, April 6, 2017, page H2792.
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