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Child Predators Accountability Act
A bill to prohibit sexual exploitation and sexually explicit depictions of minors, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Child Predators Accountability Act
This bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct under two federal criminal statutes related to the production of child pornography.
Under current law, both statutes prohibit employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction or transmitting a live visual depiction of the conduct.
This bill expands prohibited conduct to include employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to be depicted engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The bill also defines the term engage in to include a minor's presence in a such a depiction regardless of whether or not the minor is participating in the sexually explicit conduct.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Mar 26, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 26, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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