Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment Act

This bill is known as the Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment Act or the CSAFE Act. It makes it illegal to intentionally compel a minor to engage in certain harmful activities using interstate commerce or within federal jurisdiction. The prohibited acts include forcing a minor into self-harm or suicide, animal crushing, abusive or degrading nonsexual conduct, or sexually explicit conduct. The bill defines compelling someone as using threats, extortion, blackmail, fraud, deceit, or manipulation. Depending on the outcome of the violation, offenders can face fines, imprisonment of up to ten years, up to twenty years if serious bodily injury results, or up to life imprisonment if death results.