Child Predators Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6715 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6715

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

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2025

 Mr. Harris of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
               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
of 2025''.

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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