HR6719Passed House
James T. Woods Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-12-15
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Laurel M. Lee
Republican · FL · Representative
Votes with party: 98.5% (522 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/L000597
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (2)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.
2026-03-02
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReported By · 2026-03-02
- House Committee on the JudiciaryMarkup By · 2025-12-18
Previously
- Judiciary CommitteeReported By · 2026-03-02
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryMarkup By · 2026-02-26
- Judiciary CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-02-26
- Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2026-01-13
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2026-01-13
Plain-English Summary
James T. Woods Act This bill expands the federal framework for combating the online exploitation of children. Among its provisions, the bill establishes new criminal offenses, expands reporting requirements, and facilitates the prosecution and sentencing of offenders. TITLE I—SAFE ACT Sentencing Accountability For Exploitation Act or the SAFE Act This title directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend its guidelines and policy statements applicable to federal criminal offenses involving the production, receipt, transport, shipment, or distribution of child sexual abuse material to (1) account for the actual and potential harm from the offense and changes since the last amendments with respect to the typical offense behavior and modern technologies, and (2) better reflect the spectrum of offender culpability. TITLE II—ENDING COERCION OF CHILDREN AND HARM ONLINE Ending Coercion of Children and Harm Online Act or the ECCHO Act This title establishes a federal framework to combat the online coercion of minors to commit harm. The title creates new criminal offenses, expands reporting of instances involving the online coercion of minors, facilitates the prosecution of offenders, and expands protections for minors who testify in court. TITLE III—STOP SEXTORTION Stop Sextortion Act This title criminalizes threats to distribute child sexual abuse material to intimidate, coerce, extort, or cause substantial emotional distress. This practice is commonly referred to as sextortion . The title also increases criminal penalties for related offenses that involve the use of child sexual abuse material to intimidate, coerce, extort, or cause substantial emotional distress.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Crime and Law Enforcement
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