Combating Fraudulent Child Transfers Act

Combating Fraudulent Child Transfers Act - Amends federal criminal law to make it unlawful for a person to obtain custody of an unaccompanied alien child if the person: (1) makes any materially false or fraudulent statement, or knowingly makes or uses any false writing or document; and (2) intends to subject the child to an offense relating to peonage, slavery, or trafficking in persons.

Subjects any person who violates or attempts or conspires to violate such provision to a fine and imprisonment of up to 15 years.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2767 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2767

 To prohibit the fraudulent transfer of custody of unaccompanied alien 
                               children.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2014

   Mr. Kirk introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the fraudulent transfer of custody of unaccompanied alien 
                               children.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Fraudulent Child Transfers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSFER OF CUSTODY OF 
              UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1041. Fraud in connection with the transfer of custody of 
              unaccompanied alien children
    ``(a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for a person to obtain 
custody of an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 462(g) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 279(g)) if the person, 
in connection with obtaining such custody--
            ``(1)(A) makes any materially false, fictitious, or 
        fraudulent statement or representation; or
            ``(B) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing 
        the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or 
        fraudulent statement or entry; and
            ``(2) intends to subject the child to an offense under 
        chapter 77 of this title (relating to peonage, slavery, and 
        trafficking in persons).
    ``(b) Penalty.--Any person who violates, or attempts or conspires 
to violate, this section shall be fined under this title and imprisoned 
for not more than 15 years.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 47 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1040 the following:

``1041. Fraud in connection with the transfer of custody of 
                            unaccompanied alien children.''.
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