Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Combating Online Predators Act” or the “COP Act”.
Combating Online Predators Act
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit threats to a minor, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Prohibiting threats to a minor
Material involving the sexual exploitation of minors— Section 2252A of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (6), by striking “illegal; or” and inserting “illegal;”;
in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
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,”
in subsection (b), by striking “or (6)” and inserting “(6), or (8)”.
Material constituting or containing child pornography— Section 2252 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking “or” at the end;
in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), by inserting “or” after the semicolon; and
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,”
in subsection (b)(2), by inserting “or (5)” after “paragraph (4)”; and
in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “or (5)” after “paragraph (4)”.