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S. 3704 119th Congress Senate

COP Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit threats to a minor, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 27, 2026 Introduced by: Ashley Moody Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 27, 2026
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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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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[S. 3704: COP Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3704/)
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