[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6281 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6281

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the punishment for 
      certain offenses involving children, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2023

   Mr. Vasquez (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Craig, Ms. 
  Caraveo, and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the punishment for 
      certain offenses involving children, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Coyotes' Oppression and 
Organized Trafficking, and Ensuring Safety Act'' or the ``Stop COYOTES 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 2251A the following:
``Sec. 2251B. Offenses involving children
    ``(a) Offense.--Any person who commits a felony offense involving a 
minor under section 1201, 1466A, 1470, 1591, 1594, 2241, 2242, 2243, 
2244, 2245, 2251, 2251A, 2260, 2421, 2422, 2423, or 2425, within 1,000 
feet of the real property comprising a public or private elementary, 
vocational, or secondary school or a public or private college, junior 
college, or university, school-sponsored activity, or a playground, or 
housing facility owned by a public housing authority, or within 100 
feet of a public or private youth center, public park, public 
playground, public swimming pool, or video arcade facility, shall be 
sentenced to a term of imprisonment of up to 10 years in addition to 
the imprisonment imposed for the offense under that provision. The 
sentence imposed under this section shall be consecutive to any 
sentence imposed for the offense under that provision.
    ``(b) Minor Defined.--In this section, the term `minor' means an 
individual who has not attained 18 years of age.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 110 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 2251A the following new item:

``2251B. Offenses involving children.''.

SEC. 3. INFORMATION SHARING AND REPORTING.

    (a) Information Sharing.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
ensure that the Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection share the 
information described in subsection (c) that is collected by each 
respective department with each other, and with--
            (1) State law enforcement agencies in States along a land 
        border of the United States; and
            (2) local law enforcement agencies that serve jurisdictions 
        located not more than 100 miles from a land border of the 
        United States.
    (b) Report to Congress.--On the date that is 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days therefter, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to Congress the information 
described in subsection (c) that has been collected during the previous 
180-day period by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection.
    (c) Information Described.--The information described in this 
subsection is information about the following:
            (1) The unlawful entry of aliens along the southern border 
        of the United States.
            (2) Severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex 
        trafficking (as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking 
        Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) occurring in 
        the United States, including cases in which the victim of 
        trafficking was smuggled into the United States from Mexico.
            (3) The smuggling of aliens as described in section 274(a) 
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)).
            (4) The kidnapping of aliens outside of the United States 
        for the purpose of smuggling such aliens into and trafficking 
        such aliens in the United States.
            (5) Abuse and assault of aliens committed by traffickers 
        and smugglers.
            (6) The smuggling of controlled substances (as such term is 
        defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act(21 
        U.S.C. 802)) and firearms (as such term is defined in section 
        921 of title 18, United States Code) into the United States.
            (7) The prevalence of the involvement of gangs and 
        transnational criminal organizations in the activities 
        described in paragraphs (1) through (6).
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