Sec. 556. Prohibiting the broadcast and distribution of digitally manipulated intimate images
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The Joint Service Committee on Military Justice shall develop recommendations for modifying the offense of indecent viewing, visual recording, or broadcasting under section 920c of title 10, United States Code (article 120c of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) to clarify its applicability to the broadcasting and distribution of digitally manipulated intimate images. In developing recommendations under subsection (a), the Joint Service Committee on Military Justice shall consider— the advisability of modifying section 920c of title 10, United States Code (article 120c of the Uniform Code of Military Justice)— to prohibit the broadcasting or distribution of an intimate digital depiction of another person that the offender knew or reasonably should have known was made without the other person’s consent and under circumstances in which that person has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and to define the term intimate digital depiction (as used in subparagraph (A)) as a digital depiction of an individual that has been created or altered using digital manipulation and that depicts— the private area of an identifiable individual; or an identifiable individual engaging in sexually explicit conduct (as defined in section 917a(b) of title 10, United States Code (article 117a(b)(4) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice)); and such other approaches to the modification of such section 920c (article 120c) as the Committee considers appropriate to address digitally manipulated intimate images.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Service Committee on Military Justice shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that includes— the recommendations developed under subsection (a); and draft legislative text that sets forth all amendments and modifications to law that may be needed to effectively implement such recommendations.