Child Predators Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4260 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4260

  To prohibit sexual exploitation and sexually explicit depictions of 
                    minors, and for other purposes.

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                   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

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                                 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.''.
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