Blocks child marriage and boosts support for survivors across the U.S.
This bill would create a federal commission to study child marriage and offer states financial incentives to ban marriage for anyone under 18. It would also change immigration rules to generally prevent marriage-based visas for minors and require federal agencies to educate the public about the harms of child marriage.
Today, state laws on child marriage vary widely, and some states allow minors to marry with parental or judicial consent. The immigration system has also approved thousands of marriage-based visas involving minors. After this bill, a federal commission would study child marriage, and states would be encouraged with financial incentives to ban marriage for anyone under 18. The Department of Justice would also create a model state law to help states ban child marriage and allow those married as minors to void their marriages. Immigration rules would generally prevent marriage-based visas for minors, and federal agencies would educate the public about the issue.
S 5060 · 119th Congress · July 21, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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