[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3704 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3704

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit threats to a minor, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 27, 2026

  Mrs. Moody introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit threats to a minor, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Combating Online Predators Act'' or 
the ``COP Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING THREATS TO A MINOR.

    (a) Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors.--Section 
2252A of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``illegal; or'' 
                and inserting ``illegal;'';
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8) knowingly distributes, offers, sends, or provides, in 
        or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a threat to 
        distribute--
                    ``(A) a visual depiction of a minor engaging in 
                sexually explicit conduct, or
                    ``(B) a visual depiction of a person the defendant 
                believes is a minor engaging in sexually explicit 
                conduct,
        with the intent that the minor, or the person the defendant 
        believes is a minor, create or transmit a visual depiction of 
        any minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct,''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``or (6)'' and inserting 
        ``(6), or (8)''.
    (b) Material Constituting or Containing Child Pornography.--Section 
2252 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking ``or'' at 
                the end;
                    (B) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), by inserting ``or'' 
                after the semicolon; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) knowingly distributes, offers, sends, or provides, in 
        or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a threat to 
        distribute--
                    ``(A) a visual depiction of a minor engaging in 
                sexually explicit conduct, or
                    ``(B) a visual depiction of a person the defendant 
                believes is a minor engaging in sexually explicit 
                conduct,
        with the intent that the minor, or the person the defendant 
        believes is a minor, create or transmit a visual depiction of 
        sexually explicit conduct,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ``or (5)'' after 
        ``paragraph (4)''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by inserting ``or (5)'' after ``paragraph (4)''.
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