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119-hr-4472119th Congress

Stop COYOTES Act

Sponsored By: Representative Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]

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Summary

Strengthens penalties for child-targeted crimes and fentanyl offenses while forcing regular border crime data sharing. It creates a new federal offense for felonies involving minors near schools and youth facilities, raises penalties for fentanyl-related crimes, and requires DHS to share and report border crime data every 180 days.

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  • Families and children: Creates a new offense covering crimes against minors (under 18) committed near schools, colleges, or youth facilities and adds a mandatory extra prison term. Distances include 1,000 feet or 100 feet for specified sites.
  • People involved in drug trafficking: Raises statutory monetary penalties for fentanyl-related offenses with tiered increases across four penalty brackets.
  • Law enforcement and border communities: Requires the Department of Homeland Security to ensure ICE and CBP share specified unlawful entry, trafficking, kidnapping, abuse, drug and firearm smuggling, and organized-crime data with federal, state, and local partners within 100 miles of a land border and to report those data to Congress every 180 days.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

Much higher fines for fentanyl cases

If enacted, the bill would raise the dollar thresholds for criminal fines when a conviction involves the specified substance in clause (vi). For the larger fine bracket set, the bill would replace $10,000,000 with $15,000,000; $20,000,000 with $30,000,000; $50,000,000 with $75,000,000; and $75,000,000 with $112,500,000. For the other bracket set, it would replace $5,000,000 with $7,500,000; $8,000,000 with $12,000,000; $25,000,000 with $37,500,000; and $50,000,000 with $75,000,000. These higher monetary thresholds would apply to violations of 21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1) that involve the substance described in clause (vi).

Regular border crime data sharing

If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to make ICE and CBP share certain border‑crime information with each other and with State and local law enforcement in border areas. Agencies would have to share data for jurisdictions within 100 miles of a U.S. land border. The Secretary would also have to report to Congress every 180 days, starting 180 days after enactment, about the reported information. The categories include unlawful entry, serious trafficking and sex trafficking, alien smuggling and kidnapping for smuggling, abuse or assault by traffickers, drug and firearm smuggling, and gang or transnational criminal organization involvement.

Extra prison time for crimes near kids

If enacted, the bill would create a new sentencing enhancement for certain federal felonies involving a minor (under 18). A person convicted of a listed felony that involved a minor and occurred within the stated distances could receive up to 10 extra years in prison. The enhancement would apply if the offense happened within 1,000 feet of specified schools, school activities, playgrounds, colleges, or public housing, or within 100 feet of youth centers, public parks, playgrounds, public pools, or video arcades. The extra term must be imposed after the sentence for the underlying crime.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 9/8/2025

  • Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/24/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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