House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
RESPECT Act
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalties related to intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Mace R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4600.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 125, July 22, 2025, Page H3554):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4600, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nancy Mace.
- H.R. 5235 (119th) Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025
- H.R. 30 (119th) Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
- H.R. 872 (119th) Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 2985 (119th) Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act
- H.R. 5000 (119th) Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act
- H.R. 3455 (119th) Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.