COP Act
Sponsor
- Conservative Groups$11,211k
- Progressive Groups$1,500k
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Cosponsors (0)
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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2026-01-27
Plain-English Summary
Combating Online Predators Act or the COP Act This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for threatening to distribute a visual depiction of a minor (or person believed to be a minor) engaging in sexually explicit conduct with the intent that the minor (or person believed to be a minor) create or transmit a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct. (This practice is commonly referred to as sextortion .) The bill also prohibits attempts and conspiracies to commit the offenses.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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