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Child Predators Accountability Act
To prohibit sexual exploitation and sexually explicit depictions of minors, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends federal child sexual exploitation laws to clarify that they apply not only when minors actually participate in sexually explicit conduct, but also when minors are depicted in sexually explicit material regardless of whether they actually participated. The bill modifies laws against sexual exploitation of children and sexually explicit depictions of minors for importation to include depictions where a defendant intentionally included a minor's image. A new definition of "engage in" is added to federal law specifying that depicting a minor in sexually explicit content counts as "engaging" in such conduct even if the minor did not actually participate. These amendments expand the scope of federal laws prohibiting child sexual abuse material to cover depictions that may not involve actual child participation.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
3 cosponsors
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL)
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to John Cornyn’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CAPITAL GROUP $22,500
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $16,500
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES $13,686
- WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $13,200
- BLACKSTONE $12,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for John Cornyn → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Mar 26, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Mar 26, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 26, 2026
Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Britt, and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 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”.
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.”. <all>
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