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Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment Act

Introduced Dec 16, 2025

Latest action (Jan 13, 2026) Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal Justice
Legislative subjects (5)
Child safety and welfareCrimes against animals and natural resourcesCrimes against childrenCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDomestic violence and child abuse

Summary
  • Establishes a new federal criminal offense for intentionally compelling a minor to engage in self-harm including suicide, animal cruelty, abusive conduct, or sexually explicit conduct.
  • Defines "compel" to include use of threats, extortion, blackmail, fraud, deceit, or manipulation.
  • Provides a base penalty of up to 10 years imprisonment and/or fines, up to 20 years if serious bodily injury results, and life imprisonment if death results.
  • Applies to conduct using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, or within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction.
  • Makes it a federal crime to violate, attempt to violate, or conspire to violate this offense, and updates juvenile delinquency statutes to reference the new offense.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors

Actions (11)
  1. Jan 13, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
  2. Jan 12, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. Jan 12, 2026 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H632) · house
  4. Jan 12, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H632)
  5. Jan 12, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6732. · house
  6. Jan 12, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H632-634) · house
  7. Jan 12, 2026 Mr. Biggs (AZ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. · house
  8. Dec 18, 2025 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote. · house
  9. Dec 18, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  10. Dec 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  11. Dec 16, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5450 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5342 — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • S 539 — PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025 (shares 4 subjects)

Text versions (3)
  • Referred in Senate · Jan 13, 2026
  • Engrossed in House · Jan 12, 2026
  • Introduced in House · Dec 16, 2025

Full text

AN ACT

To prohibit unlawful coercion of a minor, 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 “Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment Act” or the “CSAFE Act”.

SEC. 2. UNLAWFULLY COMPELLING CHILDREN.

(a) In General.—Section 2422 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(c)(1) Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, intentionally compels a minor to—

“(A) engage in self-harm, including suicide or attempted suicide;

“(B) commit animal crushing (as defined in section

48);

“(C) engage in abusive or degrading nonsexual conduct (whether or not physical injury results) for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense; or

“(D) engage in sexually explicit conduct, as defined in section 2256(2)(A), shall be punished as provided in paragraph (2).

“(2) Whoever violates, attempts to violate, or conspires to violate paragraph (1)—

“(A) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both;

“(B) if serious bodily injury results, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; or

“(C) if death results, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both.

“(3) In this subsection, the term ‘compel’ includes the use of a threat, extortion, blackmail, fraud, deceit, or manipulation.”.

(b) Juvenile Delinquency Conforming Amendment.—Section 5032 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “or 2241(c),” and inserting “2241(c), or 2242(c),”.

Passed the House of Representatives January 12, 2026.

Attest:

Clerk. 119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6732

AN ACT

To prohibit unlawful coercion of a minor, and for other purposes.

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