H.R. 6732

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6732 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6732

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 13, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.