IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6719 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 13, 2026 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To prohibit threats to a minor, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 EXPLOI-
TATION 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 pe-
riod 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 com-
merce, a threat to distribute— 
‘‘(A) a visual depiction of a minor engag-
ing in sexually explicit conduct, or 
‘‘(B) a visual depiction of a person the de-
fendant believes is a minor engaging in sexually 
explicit conduct, 
with the intent that the minor, or the person the de-
fendant believes is a minor, create or transmit a vis-
ual depiction of any minor engaging in sexually ex-
plicit conduct,’’; and 
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(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 com-
merce, a threat to distribute— 
‘‘(A) a visual depiction of a minor engag-
ing in sexually explicit conduct, or 
‘‘(B) a visual depiction of a person the de-
fendant believes is a minor engaging in sexually 
explicit conduct, 
with the intent that the minor, or the person the de-
fendant believes is a minor, create or transmit a vis-
ual depiction of sexually explicit conduct,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘or (5)’’ 
after ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or (5)’’ after ‘‘para-
graph (4)’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 12, 
2026. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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