S. 3704 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
COP Act
Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-09
Introduced: 2026-01-27
Latest action (2026-01-27): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
What S. 3704 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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