H.R. 6715
Child Predators Accountability Act
Sponsor: Mark Harris
1 cosponsor
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
(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.