[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5323]
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  SA 3559. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in subtitle F of title 10, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10___. PROHIBITIONS ON PLACEMENT OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN 
                   CHILDREN WITH CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.

       Section 235(c)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 
     1232(c)(2)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by striking 
     ``Subject to'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
     subparagraph (C), and subject to''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) Prohibitions on placement of unaccompanied alien 
     children with certain individuals.--
       ``(i) Individuals with criminal history.--The Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services shall not place an unaccompanied 
     alien child in the custody of any individual has been charged 
     with or convicted of (or any adult living in the household of 
     any individual who has been charged with, or convicted of)--

       ``(I) a sex offense (as defined in section 111(5) of the 
     Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 
     20911(5)));
       ``(II) a crime involving severe forms of trafficking in 
     persons (as defined in section 103(11) of the Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)));
       ``(III) a crime of domestic violence (as defined in section 
     40002(a)(12) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
     U.S.C. 12291(a)(12)));
       ``(IV) a crime of child abuse and neglect (as defined in 
     section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
     (Public Law 93-247; 42 U.S.C. 5101 note));
       ``(V) murder, manslaughter, or an attempt to commit murder 
     or manslaughter (as defined in sections 1111, 1112, and 1113 
     of title 18, United States Code); or
       ``(VI) a crime involving sexual exploitation and other 
     abuse of children (as described in sections 2251, 2251A, 
     2252, 2252A, 2252B, and 2252C of title 18, United States 
     Code).

       ``(ii) Information about individuals with whom children are 
     placed.--Before placing a child with any individual, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services shall require each 
     individual with whom the child will be placed and all adult 
     residents who are or will be living in such individual's 
     household to be fingerprinted, and shall conduct background 
     checks based on the biographic and biometric data for each 
     such individual or adult resident.''.
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