S 3704 119th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement

COP Act

Introduced: January 27, 2026 Introduced by: Moody, Ashley Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 27, 2026

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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.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3704: COP Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3704/

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"S. 3704: COP Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3704/.

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S. 3704, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3704/.

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