Combating Online Predators Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6719 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6719

        To prohibit threats to a minor, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2025

Ms. Lee of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
        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 of 
2025'' or the ``COP Act of 2025''.

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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