# 119-s-1401: Targeting Child Predators Act of 2025

119-s-1401, Targeting Child Predators Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] (R-LA); status introduced (as of 2026-10-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1401
- Congress: 119
- Title: Targeting Child Predators Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-09
- Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-03

## Summary

**Moves nondisclosure authority for certain administrative subpoenas to the Secretary of Homeland Security.** It also creates a new judicial-review framework and adds a risk-based 180-day nondisclosure option tied to specific investigative risks. - Recipients of covered subpoenas can be barred from telling anyone about the subpoena or its contents for 180 days when a federal official certifies risks like danger to life, flight, evidence tampering, or witness intimidation. Disclosures are limited to what is necessary to comply, to get legal advice, or to permitted people who then must follow the same nondisclosure rules. - The bill transfers issuing authority from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Homeland Security and removes the prior requirement that a court order nondisclosure before it applies. A certification by the federal official triggers the 180-day nondisclosure option. - It creates Section 3486A so subpoena recipients can seek judicial review. The government must apply for a court nondisclosure order within 30 days of notice, courts decide based on whether disclosure may cause the listed harms, hearings are sealed, and courts may extend nondisclosure in additional 180-day ex parte periods when warranted.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- 180‑day secrecy for some subpoenas: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would let federal officials attach a 180-day secrecy rule to certain administrative subpoenas when they certify specific risks. During that time, recipients could not say a federal official sought or obtained those records. The secrecy would be subject to a new judicial-review…
- Limited sharing allowed under secrecy: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would let people who hold secreted information share it only in narrow ways: to those who need it to comply, to a lawyer, or to others the federal official allows. Anyone told must follow the same secrecy rule. The discloser must notify recipients about the rule and may have to…
- Moves subpoena power to DHS: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would replace references to the Treasury Secretary with the Homeland Security Secretary for these administrative subpoenas. That means DHS, not Treasury, would be named as the issuing official in the statute. The change does not itself create payments or new benefits.

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act
- 119-s-4378: Protecting American Taxpayers Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1401 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1401)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4952)
- [119-s-4378: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4378)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1401 (as of 2026-10-03).