Criminalizing threats to distribute child sexual abuse material

Title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 2252— (A) in subsection (a)(2)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (I) by inserting, or threatens to distribute any visual depiction with intent to intimidate, coerce, extort, or cause substantial emotional distress to any person, after distributes, any visual depiction; (II) by striking foreign commerce or that and inserting foreign commerce, or involving a visual depiction that; and (III) by striking, or which contains materials which have been mailed or so shipped or transported,; and (B) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking Whoever and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (3), whoever; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: (3) Whoever violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, subsection (a)(2) for threatening to distribute any visual depiction, as described in that subsection, shall be punished as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection if no such visual depiction existed.; and (2) in section 2252A— (A) in subsection (a)(2)(A)— (i) by inserting, or threatens to distribute any child pornography with intent to intimidate, coerce, extort, or cause substantial emotional distress to any person, after any child pornography; and (ii) by striking foreign commerce or that and inserting foreign commerce, or involving any child pornography that; and (B) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking Whoever and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (4), whoever; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: (4) Whoever violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, subsection (a)(2)(A) for threatening to distribute any child pornography, as described in that subsection, shall be punished as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection if no such child pornography existed..