Child Predators Accountability Act

John Cornyn

Republican · TX · Senator

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• Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)Original· 2026-03-26
• Chuck Grassley (R-IA)Original· 2026-03-26
• Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)Original· 2026-03-26

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-03-26

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Child Predators Accountability Act This bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct under two federal criminal statutes related to the production of child pornography. Under current law, both statutes prohibit employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction or transmitting a live visual depiction of the conduct. This bill expands prohibited conduct to include employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to be depicted engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The bill also defines the term engage in to include a minor's presence in a such a depiction regardless of whether or not the minor is participating in the sexually explicit conduct.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4260 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4260 To prohibit sexual exploitation and sexually explicit depictions of minors, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 26, 2026 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Britt, and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit sexual exploitation and sexually explicit depictions of minors, 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 ``Child Predators Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. PREVENTING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT DEPICTIONS OF MINORS. (a) Sexual Exploitation of Children.--Section 2251(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``coerces any minor to engage in,'' the following: ``or be depicted engaging in,''. (b) Sexually Explicit Depictions of a Minor for Importation.-- Section 2260(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``coerces any minor to engage in,'' the following: ``or be depicted engaging in,''. (c) Definition.--Section 2256 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(12) `engage in', when used with respect to a minor depicted in a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct, includes-- ``(A) the participation of the minor in the sexually explicit conduct; or ``(B) the depiction of the minor in the visual depiction of the sexually explicit conduct, regardless of whether the minor participated in such conduct, if the defendant intentionally included such minor in the visual depiction.''. <all>

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