H.R. 6715

Child Predators Accountability Act

Sponsor: Mark Harris

1 cosponsor
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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Child Predators Accountability Act of 2025

This bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct under two federal criminal statutes related to the production of child pornography. 

Under current law, both statutes prohibit employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction or transmitting a live visual depiction of the conduct. 

This bill expands prohibited conduct to include employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to be depicted engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The bill also defines the term engage in to include a minor's presence in a such a depiction regardless of whether or not the minor is participating in the sexually explicit conduct. 

Text of the bill

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Sec. 1. Short title Changed · Jan 12

Where this section came from

  1. Dec 15, 2025 · Introduced in House Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary, Dec 15
  2. Jan 12, 2026 · Engrossed in House Marked up by House Committee on the Judiciary, Dec 18 Committee members' individual votes aren't in our records.
What changed in the text

This Act may be cited as the Child Predators Accountability Act of 2025 .

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This Act may be cited as the Child Predators Accountability Act.