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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the 

punishment for certain offenses involving children, 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 TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Coyotes’ Oppres5 sion and Organized Trafficking, and Ensuring Safety 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘Stop COYOTES Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCREASED PUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES 

2 INVOLVING CHILDREN. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110 of title 18, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2251A 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 2251B. Offenses involving children 

7 ‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Any person who commits a felony 

8 offense involving a minor under section 1201, 1466A, 

9 1470, 1591, 1594, 2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2245, 2251, 

10 2251A, 2260, 2421, 2422, 2423, or 2425, within 1,000 

11 feet of the real property comprising a public or private 

12 elementary, vocational, or secondary school or a public or 

13 private college, junior college, or university, school-spon14 sored activity, or a playground, or housing facility owned 

15 by a public housing authority, or within 100 feet of a pub16 lic or private youth center, public park, public playground, 

17 public swimming pool, or video arcade facility, shall be 

18 sentenced to a term of imprisonment of up to 10 years 

19 in addition to the imprisonment imposed for the offense 

20 under that provision. The sentence imposed under this 

21 section shall be consecutive to any sentence imposed for 

22 the offense under that provision. 

23 ‘‘(b) MINOR DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

24 ‘minor’ means an individual who has not attained 18 years 

25 of age.’’. 


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

2 for chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amend3 ed by inserting after the item relating to section 2251A 

4 the following new item: 

‘‘2251B. Offenses involving children.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. INFORMATION SHARING AND REPORTING. 

6 (a) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Secretary of 

7 Homeland Security shall ensure that the Director of Im8 migration and Customs Enforcement and the Commis9 sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection share the 

10 information described in subsection (c) that is collected 

11 by each respective department with each other, and with— 

12 (1) State law enforcement agencies in States 

13 along a land border of the United States; and 

14 (2) local law enforcement agencies that serve 

15 jurisdictions located not more than 100 miles from 

16 a land border of the United States. 

17 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—On the date that is 180 

18 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 

19 180 days therefter, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

20 shall report to Congress the information described in sub21 section (c) that has been collected during the previous 

22 180-day period by Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

23 and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 


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1 (c) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.—The information de2 scribed in this subsection is information about the fol3 lowing: 

4 (1) The unlawful entry of aliens along the 

5 southern border of the United States. 

6 (2) Severe forms of trafficking in persons and 

7 sex trafficking (as defined in section 103 of the 

8 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

9 U.S.C. 7102)) occurring in the United States, in10 cluding cases in which the victim of trafficking was 

11 smuggled into the United States from Mexico. 

12 (3) The smuggling of aliens as described in sec13 tion 274(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

14 (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)). 

15 (4) The kidnapping of aliens outside of the 

16 United States for the purpose of smuggling such 

17 aliens into and trafficking such aliens in the United 

18 States. 

19 (5) Abuse and assault of aliens committed by 

20 traffickers and smugglers. 

21 (6) The smuggling of controlled substances (as 

22 such term is defined in section 102 of the Controlled 

23 Substances Act(21 U.S.C. 802)) and firearms (as 

24 such term is defined in section 921 of title 18, 

25 United States Code) into the United States. 


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1 (7) The prevalence of the involvement of gangs 

2 and transnational criminal organizations in the ac3 tivities described in paragraphs (1) through (6). 

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