Interstate Obscenity Definition Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- May 8, 2025
What it does
The Interstate Obscenity Definition Act would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a federal definition of obscenity for visual depictions, based on whether the material appeals to prurient interest, depicts sexual acts with intent to arouse, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. It would apply to pictures, images, films, videotapes, and other visual depictions in interstate or foreign communications. The bill also makes technical amendments to related provisions, including updating cross-references and removing language about intent to abuse, threaten, or harass in the context of obscene or harassing telephone calls.
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