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COP Act
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit threats to a minor, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Combating Online Predators Act or the COP Act
This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for threatening to distribute a visual depiction of a minor (or person believed to be a minor) engaging in sexually explicit conduct with the intent that the minor (or person believed to be a minor) create or transmit a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct. (This practice is commonly referred to as sextortion.) The bill also prohibits attempts and conspiracies to commit the offenses.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jan 27, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jan 27, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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