,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgjd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #bg1  
#bjbf,mrs4 ,moody introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to prohibit 
threats to a minor1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,combating ,online  
,predators ,act or the ,,cop ,act4  #b4 
,prohibiting threats to a minor  7a7    
,material involving the sexual          
exploitation of minors ,section #bbeb;,a
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7
 in paragraph 7#f71 by striking illegal2
 or and inserting illegal22  7,b7 in    
paragraph 7#g71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7
 by inserting after paragraph 7#g7 the  
following3  7#h7 knowingly distributes1 
offers1 sends1 or provides1 in or       
affecting interstate or foreign         

commerce1 a threat to distribute-- 7,a7 
a visual depiction of a minor engaging  
in sexually explicit conduct1 or  7,b7 a
 visual depiction of a person the       
defendant believes is a minor engaging  
in sexually explicit conduct1  with the 
intent that the minor1 or the person the
 defendant believes is a minor1 create  
or transmit a visual depiction of any   
minor engaging in sexually explicit     
conduct1  2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7b71
 by striking or 7#f7 and inserting 7#f71
 or 7#h74  7b7 ,material constituting or
 containing child pornography ,section  
#bbeb of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7a7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#c77;,b77ii71  
by striking or at the end2  7,b7 in     
paragraph 7#d77;,b77ii71 by inserting or
 after the semicolon2 and  7,c7 by      
inserting after paragraph 7#d7 the      
following3  7#e7 knowingly distributes1 
offers1 sends1 or provides1 in or       
affecting interstate or foreign         
commerce1 a threat to distribute-- 7,a7 

a visual depiction of a minor engaging  
in sexually explicit conduct1 or  7,b7 a
 visual depiction of a person the       
defendant believes is a minor engaging  
in sexually explicit conduct1  with the 
intent that the minor1 or the person the
 defendant believes is a minor1 create  
or transmit a visual depiction of       
sexually explicit conduct1  2  7#b7 in  
subsection 7b77#b71 by inserting or 7#e7
 after paragraph 7#d72 and  7#c7 in     
subsection 7c71 in the matter preceding 
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting or 7#e7    
after paragraph 7#d74