Bill Sponsor
BILLSPONSOR
Bill Sponsor
Politicians
Bills
Senate Bill 3704
119th Congress(2025-2026)
COP Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 27, 2026
Overview
Text
Introduced in Senate 
Jan 27, 2026
Not Scanned for Linkage
About Linkage
Multiple bills can contain the same text. This could be an identical bill in the opposite chamber or a smaller bill with a section embedded in a larger bill.
Bill Sponsor regularly scans bill texts to find sections that are contained in other bill texts. When a matching section is found, the bills containing that section can be viewed by clicking "View Bills" within the bill text section.
Bill Sponsor is currently only finding exact word-for-word section matches. In a future release, partial matches will be included.
Introduced in Senate(Jan 27, 2026)
Jan 27, 2026
Not Scanned for Linkage
About Linkage
Multiple bills can contain the same text. This could be an identical bill in the opposite chamber or a smaller bill with a section embedded in a larger bill.
Bill Sponsor regularly scans bill texts to find sections that are contained in other bill texts. When a matching section is found, the bills containing that section can be viewed by clicking "View Bills" within the bill text section.
Bill Sponsor is currently only finding exact word-for-word section matches. In a future release, partial matches will be included.
Jump To
S. 3704 (Introduced-in-Senate)


119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3704


To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit threats to a minor, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 27, 2026

Mrs. Moody introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, 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” or the “COP Act”.

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)”.