OPENING THE RECORD
OPENING THE RECORD
S. 3704 · 119TH CONGRESS
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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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service for this version of the bill. Later versions may differ. Read at Congress.gov.