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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 addi-
tion to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subse-
quently 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Coyotes’ Oppres-
sion and Organized Trafficking, and Ensuring Safety 
Act’’ or the ‘‘Stop COYOTES Act’’. 
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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: 
‘‘§ 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-spon-
sored activity, or a playground, or housing facility owned 
by a public housing authority, or within 100 feet of a pub-
lic 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.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed 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 Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement and the Commis-
sioner 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 sub-
section (c) that has been collected during the previous 
180-day period by Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
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(c) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.—The information de-
scribed in this subsection is information about the fol-
lowing: 
(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, in-
cluding cases in which the victim of trafficking was 
smuggled into the United States from Mexico. 
(3) The smuggling of aliens as described in sec-
tion 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. 
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(7) The prevalence of the involvement of gangs 
and transnational criminal organizations in the ac-
tivities described in paragraphs (1) through (6). 
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