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106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5513

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit video voyeurism in 
the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 2000

  Mr. Oxley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit video voyeurism in 
the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Video Voyeurism Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF VIDEO VOYEURISM.

    (a) In General.--Title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after chapter 87 the following new chapter:

                         ``CHAPTER 88--PRIVACY

``Sec.
``1801. Video voyeurism.
``Sec. 1801. Video voyeurism
    ``(a) Whoever, except as provided in subsection (b), in the special 
maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, videotapes, 
photographs, films, or records by any electronic means, any 
nonconsenting person, in circumstances in which that person has a 
reasonable expectation of privacy--
            ``(1) if that person is totally nude, clad in 
        undergarments, or in a state of undress that exposes the 
        genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast; or
            ``(2) under that person's clothing so as to expose the 
        genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, 
or both.
    ``(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to conduct--
            ``(1) of law enforcement officers pursuant to a criminal 
        investigation which is otherwise lawful; or
            ``(2) of correctional officials for security purposes or 
        for investigations of alleged misconduct involving a person 
        committed to their custody.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters at the beginning of 
part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to chapter 87 the following new item:

``88. Privacy...............................................    1801''.
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