# 119-hr-6715: Child Predators Accountability Act

119-hr-6715, Child Predators Accountability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8] (R-NC); status passed_house (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6715
- Congress: 119
- Title: Child Predators Accountability Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-12-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Broadens federal child sexual exploitation law to treat images that show minors as crimes even when the child did not take part.** This bill would amend three parts of Title 18 to make depicting a minor in sexually explicit material a prosecutable basis and to define when a minor is considered to "engage in" such conduct.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2026-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger federal ban on child sexual images: benefit, medium. If enacted, this would expand federal crimes for child sexual images. It would make it illegal to intentionally include a minor in a sexual picture or video, even if the minor did not take part. It would define “engage in” to include being depicted when the defendant purposely includes the minor. T…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-6715 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6715)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6715 (as of 2026-08-11).