,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #g1  
#bjbc,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 
,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,ms4 ,ernst1
 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,rounds1
 ,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mrs4         
,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mrs4       
,britt1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,vance1 and   
,mr4 ,cramer7 introduced the following  
bill2 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 trafficking1 to require
 the ,secretary to publicly disclose the
 number of such minors who are          
fingerprinted by ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection 7,,cbp7 officials   
and the number of child traffickers who 
are apprehended by ,,cbp1 to impose     
criminal penalties on noncitizen adults 

who use unrelated minors to gain entry  
into the ,united ,states1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short titles ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,preventing the     
,recycling of ,immigrants is ,necessary 
for ,trafficking ,suspension ,act or the
 ,,prints ,act4  #b4 ,authorization of  
fingerprinting of noncitizen children   
entering the ,united ,states to reduce  
child trafficking ,section #bfb7;c7 of  
the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act  
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #acjb7;c77 is amended to  
read as follows3  7c7 ,the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security1 working through   
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection1
 in order to reduce the number of       
children who are trafficked into the    
,united ,states1 shall obtain a set of  
fingerprints from any alien younger than
 #ad years of age who is entering the   
,united ,states if a ,u4,s4 ,customs and
 ,border ,protection officer suspects   
that such child is a victim of human    
trafficking1 in accordance with the     
standards established pursuant to the   

,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #gaja et seq474 
4  #c4 ,criminalizing recycling of      
minors  7a7 ,in general ,chapter #fi of 
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #adcj4 ,recycling of minors 
7a7 ,in general ,any person #ah years of
 age or older who knowingly uses1 for   
the purpose of gaining entry into the   
,united ,states1 a minor to whom the    
individual is not a relative or         
guardian1 shall be fined under this     
title1 imprisoned not more than #aj     
years1 or both4  7b7 ,relative ,in this 
section1 the term relative means an     
individual related by consanguinity     
within the second degree1 as determined 
by common law4  4  7b7 ,clerical        
amendment ,the table of sections for    
chapter #fi of title #ah1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #adcj4          
,recycling of minors4  4  #d4           
,information sharing ,with respect to   

any unaccompanied alien child 7as       
defined in section #dfb7;g7 of the      
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   
,u4,s4,c4 #bgi7;g777 who is transferred 
from the custody of the ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security to the custody of   
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services1 the ,secretary of ,homeland  
,security shall1 on request1 share with 
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services the fingerprints collected    
under section #bfb7;c7 of the           
,immigration and ,nationality ,act1 as  
added by section #b4  #e4 ,reports  7a7 
,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  
#bfb7;c7 of the ,immigration and        
,nationality ,act1 as added by section  
#b4  7b7 ,online publication ,the       
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 

post1 on a monthly basis on a publicly  
accessible ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border  
,protection website1 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    
relative4