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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3239 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to fingerprint noncitizen 

minors entering the United States who are suspected of being victims 

of human trafficking, to require the Secretary to publicly disclose the 

number of such minors who are fingerprinted by U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) officials and the number of child traffickers 

who are apprehended by CBP, to impose criminal penalties on noncitizen 

adults who use unrelated minors to gain entry into the United States, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2023 

Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. 

WICKER, Mr. DAINES, Ms. ERNST, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. 

ROUNDS, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. LEE, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs. 

BRITT, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. VANCE, and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to fingerprint 

noncitizen minors entering the United States who are 

suspected of being victims of human trafficking, to require the Secretary to publicly disclose the number of 

such minors who are fingerprinted by U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) officials and the number of 

child traffickers who are apprehended by CBP, to impose 

criminal penalties on noncitizen adults who use unrelated 


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minors to gain entry into the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing the Recy5 cling of Immigrants is Necessary for Trafficking Suspen6 sion Act’’ or the ‘‘PRINTS Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FINGERPRINTING OF NONCIT8 IZEN CHILDREN ENTERING THE UNITED 

9 STATES TO REDUCE CHILD TRAFFICKING. 

10 Section 262(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 

11 Act (8 U.S.C. 1302(c)) is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security, working 

13 through U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in order to 

14 reduce the number of children who are trafficked into the 

15 United States, shall obtain a set of fingerprints from any 

16 alien younger than 14 years of age who is entering the 

17 United States if a U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

18 officer suspects that such child is a victim of human traf19 ficking, in accordance with the standards established pur20 suant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

21 (34 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. CRIMINALIZING RECYCLING OF MINORS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 69 of title 18, United 

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘§ 1430. Recycling of minors 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person 18 years of age or 

7 older who knowingly uses, for the purpose of gaining entry 

8 into the United States, a minor to whom the individual 

9 is not a relative or guardian, shall be fined under this title, 

10 imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. 

11 ‘‘(b) RELATIVE.—In this section, the term ‘relative’ 

12 means an individual related by consanguinity within the 

13 second degree, as determined by common law.’’. 

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

15 for chapter 69 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

16 by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘1430. Recycling of minors.’’. 

17 SEC. 4. INFORMATION SHARING. 

18 With respect to any unaccompanied alien child (as 

19 defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act 

20 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) who is transferred from the 

21 custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security to the cus22 tody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 

23 Secretary of Homeland Security shall, on request, share 

24 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services the finVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:28 Nov 09, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3239.IS S3239

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1 gerprints collected under section 262(c) of the Immigra2 tion and Nationality Act, as added by section 2. 

3 SEC. 5. REPORTS. 

4 (a) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 

5 of Homeland Security shall submit an annual report to 

6 Congress that identifies the number of minors who were 

7 fingerprinted during the most recently completed fiscal 

8 year pursuant to the authority granted under section 

9 262(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added 

10 by section 2. 

11 (b) ONLINE PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of Home12 land Security shall post, on a monthly basis on a publicly 

13 accessible U.S. Customs and Border Protection website, 

14 the number of apprehensions during the previous month 

15 involving child traffickers who falsely claimed that a child 

16 accompanying them into the United States was a close rel17 ative. 

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