# 119-s-3397: ECCHO Act

119-s-3397, ECCHO Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA); status introduced (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3397
- Congress: 119
- Title: ECCHO Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-09
- Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Would create a federal crime for coercing a minor to harm themselves or others, including through online tactics like doxxing, swatting, or false emergency reports.** The bill would define key terms like “coerce,” “doxxing,” “swatting,” and “covered act,” set federal jurisdiction when the mail or interstate or foreign commerce is used, and add the new offense into existing child-protection and criminal statutes. - Families and minors: Gives families a federal tool aimed at people who pressure children to die by suicide, kill, harm animals, commit arson, or carry out other serious acts. It covers coercion done online or offline. - Perpetrators: Would expose people who force a child to die by suicide or commit homicide to penalties up to life in prison. Those who coerce other serious bodily harm, arson, or covered acts could face up to 30 years. - Federal enforcement and child-protection programs: Would insert the new offense (section 2261C) across Title 18 cross-references and expand the PROTECT Our Children Act definition of child exploitation to include this kind of coercion.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL), 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX), 2026-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2026-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA), 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Add coercion to child-protection laws: benefit, high. This bill would insert the new coercion offense into many existing child-protection laws and definitions. It would update cross-references in federal code sections and change the PROTECT Our Children Act definition of "child exploitation" to include conduct that violates the new offense. The bill w…
- New federal crime for coercing kids: benefit, high. This bill would create a new federal crime to stop people from coercing anyone under 18 to hurt themselves or others. It would cover forcing a minor to die by suicide or try to kill someone, to kill or injure animals, to cause serious bodily injury (for example by strangling, poisoning, burning, or…

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## Sources
- [119-s-3397 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3397)

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- [119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-755)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3397 (as of 2026-08-11).