H.R. 6719 · 119TH CONGRESSSenate · Mar 2, 2026

COP Act of 2025

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COP Act of 2025

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This bill's text was replaced via an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Some metadata (subjects, policy area, committees) may reflect the original bill and not the current text.

Ms. Lee (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Jan 12, 2026

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H628-630)

Jan 12, 2026

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6719.

Jan 12, 2026

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H628)

Jan 12, 2026

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H628)

Jan 12, 2026

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jan 12, 2026

HearingSenateMeeting

Feb 5, 2026 · 15:15

Business meeting to consider S.2544, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies and grantees that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, S.1809, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking or transmitting video of defense information, S.3023, to limit liability for certain entities storing child sexual abuse material for law enforcement agencies, H.R.6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, S.3398, to amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize intentional threats to distribute child sexual abuse material, and to provide appropriate penalties for the use of child sexual abuse material to extort or coerce victims, S.3397, to make coercion of children to commit harm a criminal offense, S.3394, to direct the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guideline relating to child sexual abuse material, and the nominations of Thomas Govan, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, Zachary Keller, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, and Ryan Raybould, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.

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Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Feb 26, 2026

HearingSenateMeeting

Feb 26, 2026 · 15:15

Business meeting to consider H.R.6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, S.3398, to amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize intentional threats to distribute child sexual abuse material, and to provide appropriate penalties for the use of child sexual abuse material to extort or coerce victims, S.3397, to make coercion of children to commit harm a criminal offense, S.3394, to direct the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guideline relating to child sexual abuse material, S.3798, to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish criminal offenses with respect to violations involving ATMs, regardless of whether the ATM is located on the physical premises of a financial institution, and the nominations of Gregory Gilmore, to be United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, Robert Cekada, of Florida, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Andrew B. Davis, and Christopher R. Wolfe, both to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Anna St. John, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, John Thomas Shepherd, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, Robert Rotter, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa, Daniel Satterlee, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Dakota, and David St. Pierre, to be United States Marshal for the District of Maine, all of the Department of Justice.

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Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

Mar 2, 2026

Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

Mar 2, 2026

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.

Mar 2, 2026

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IntroducedJan 13, 2026

Passed HouseDec 18, 2025

Passed SenateMar 2, 2026

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IntroducedJan 13, 2026

Passed HouseDec 18, 2025

Passed SenateMar 2, 2026

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