Bill > HR4472

This bill, known as the "Stop COYOTES Act," introduces several key provisions aimed at increasing punishments and enhancing information sharing related to crimes involving children and border security. First, the bill amends existing law to impose an additional 10-year prison sentence for felony offenses involving minors when those offenses are committed near schools, playgrounds, youth centers, and other child-focused locations, with the new sentence to be served consecutively to the original sentence. Second, the bill increases financial penalties for violations involving fentanyl, significantly raising the potential fines for drug-related offenses. Third, the bill mandates information sharing between the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and state and local law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of land borders. This information sharing focuses on tracking unlawful border entries, human trafficking, alien smuggling, kidnapping, abuse of migrants, drug and firearm smuggling, and the involvement of criminal organizations in these activities. The bill requires a report to Congress every 180 days detailing the collected information, with the goal of improving border security and combating criminal activities near U.S. borders.

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