# 119-s-286: Stop Human Trafficking of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Act of 2025

119-s-286, Stop Human Trafficking of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL); status introduced (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-286
- Congress: 119
- Title: Stop Human Trafficking of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-28
- Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Stricter vetting and monitoring** would be required for adults who sponsor unaccompanied migrant children, adding fingerprint and criminal checks, pre-release home visits, and routine post-release checks. - Families and children: Sponsors and every adult in a sponsor household must complete fingerprint, FBI, sex offender, state child abuse, state criminal, and local police checks. HHS must visit the proposed home before release and conduct at least 5 unannounced visits in the first year and 4 quarterly visits in the second year. - Sponsors unlawfully present: A person unlawfully in the United States may not be approved as a sponsor unless they are the child’s parent, relative, or legal guardian. The bill requires HHS to retroactively run the same vetting for all sponsors used since January 20, 2021. - Agencies and oversight: HHS must coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and state child welfare agencies to carry out checks and monitoring. HHS and DHS must submit monthly reports to designated congressional committees with counts of encounters, releases, background checks completed or in progress, pre- and post-release visits, custody totals by state and facility, sponsor categories, rejection rates, and a separate monthly accounting of children released since January 20, 2021 including those reported missing.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Required home visits after placement: benefit, low. If enacted, HHS would make at least five unannounced in-person home visits during the first year after a child is released from HHS custody. In the second year after release, HHS would make one in-person home visit each quarter. This schedule would apply to each child released after the bill become…
- New vetting rules for sponsors: mixed, medium. This bill would require sponsors to finish several background checks before HHS could release an unaccompanied child to them. Checks would include public records, the Department of Justice sex-offender registry (via its public website), an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal history check, Stat…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

## Sources
- [119-s-286 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/286)

## Related
- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-401)
- [119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-186)
- [119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-6)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-286 (as of 2026-08-11).