United States HR 6715: Child Predators Accountability Act

Bill Text

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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.
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
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Predators Ac-4
countability Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. PREVENTING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND SEXU-6
ALLY EXPLICIT DEPICTIONS OF MINORS. 7
(a) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.—Section 8
2251(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 9
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inserting after ‘‘coerces any minor to engage in,’’ the fol-1
lowing: ‘‘or be depicted engaging in,’’. 2
(b) SEXUALLY EXPLICIT DEPICTIONS OF A MINOR 3
FOR IMPORTATION.—Section 2260(a) of title 18, United 4
States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘coerces any 5
minor to engage in,’’ the following: ‘‘or be depicted engag-6
ing in,’’. 7
(c) DEFINITION.—Section 2256 of title 18, United 8
States Code, is amended— 9
(1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 10
end; 11
(2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at 12
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 13
(3) by adding at the end the following: 14
‘‘(12) ‘engage in’, when used with respect to a 15
minor depicted in a visual depiction of sexually ex-16
plicit conduct, includes— 17
‘‘(A) the participation of the minor in the 18
sexually explicit conduct; or 19
‘‘(B) the depiction of the minor in the vis-20
ual depiction of the sexually explicit conduct, 21
regardless of whether the minor participated in 22
such conduct, if the defendant intentionally in-23
cluded such minor in the visual depiction.’’. 24
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