KIDS Act

Bill: 116-s-1164
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-04-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Child safety and welfare

Crimes against children

Domestic violence and child abuse

Human trafficking

Separation, divorce, custody, support
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Keeping Infants Domestically Safe Act of 2019 or the KIDS Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands the scope of the criminal conduct related to buying and selling minors (i.e., individuals under 18 years of age). </p> <p>Current law prohibits buying or selling a minor for the purpose of producing child pornography.</p> <p>This bill prohibits buying or selling a minor in exchange for money or any other consideration for any purpose other than a legal adoption.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1164 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 11, 2019 Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself, Mrs. Capito , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Wicker , and Mr. Daines ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit black market adoption of children, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping Infants Domestically Safe Act of 2019 or the KIDS Act . 2. Amendment Section 2251A of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the undesignated matter following paragraph (2)(B), by striking subsection (c) and inserting subsection (d) ; (2) in subsection (b), in the undesignated matter following paragraph (2)(B), by striking subsection (c) and inserting subsection (d) ; (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) (1) It shall be unlawful for a parent, legal guardian, or other person having custody or control of a minor to sell, trade, or offer to sell or trade, the minor in exchange for money or other consideration, if any of the circumstances described in subsection (d) exist. (2) It shall be unlawful for a person to purchase or otherwise obtain custody or control, or offer to purchase or otherwise obtain custody or control, of a minor in exchange for money or other consideration, if any of the circumstances described in subsection (d) exist. (3) Any person who violates paragraph (1) or (2) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not less than 30 years or for life, or both. (4) (A) This subsection shall not be construed to apply to any person adopting a minor through a legal adoption process. (B) In this paragraph, the term legal adoption process — (i) means an adoption process conducted in accordance with State law; and (ii) includes a surrogacy or gestational carrier agreement conducted in accordance with State law. ; and (5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting subsections (a), (b), and (c) .