S.Amdt. 1549

SA 1549. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1388 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and
Mr. Schumer) to the bill H.R. 815, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of
veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished
through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PRINTS ACT.

(a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the
``Preventing the Recycling of Immigrants is Necessary for
Trafficking Suspension Act'' or the ``PRINTS Act''.
(b) Authorization of Fingerprinting of Noncitizen Children
Entering the United States to Reduce Child Trafficking.--
Section 262(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1302(c)) is amended to read as follows:
``(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security, working through
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in order to reduce the
number of children who are trafficked into the United States,
shall obtain a set of fingerprints from any alien younger
than 14 years of age who is entering the United States if a
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer suspects that such
child is a victim of human trafficking, in accordance with
the standards established pursuant to the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).''.
(c) Criminalizing Recycling of Minors.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 69 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 1430. Recycling of minors

``(a) In General.--Any person 18 years of age or older who
knowingly uses, for the purpose of gaining entry into the
United States, a minor to whom the individual is not a
relative or guardian, shall be fined under this title,
imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
``(b) Relative.--In this section, the term `relative' means
an individual related by consanguinity within the second
degree, as determined by common law.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter
69 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:

``1430. Recycling of minors.''.
(d) Information Sharing.--With respect to any unaccompanied
alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) who is transferred
from the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security to the
custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall, on request, share with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services the fingerprints
collected under section 262(c) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as added by subsection (b).
(e) Reports.--
(1) Annual report to congress.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security shall submit an annual report to Congress that
identifies the number of minors who were fingerprinted during
the most recently completed fiscal year pursuant to the
authority granted under section 262(c) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as added by subsection (b).
(2) Online publication.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall post, on a monthly basis on a publicly accessible U.S.
Customs and Border Protection website, the number of
apprehensions during the previous month involving child
traffickers who falsely claimed that a child accompanying
them into the United States was a close relative.
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