Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2026

This bill would create a 10-member national commission within the Department of Health and Human Services to study child marriage in the United States and report recommendations within two years. It would fund grants for states that allow marriage under 18 to set up task forces, and would increase certain federal violence-against-women grants for states that ban marriage under 18. It would bar the use of federal property for marriages unless both people are at least 18, and direct the Justice Department to write a model state law. It would also change immigration law so that spousal and fiance visas generally require both people to be at least 18, require separate private interviews when one party married or got engaged under 18, and require public education materials about these changes.

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Sponsors

• Gwen Moore Democrat sponsor
• 5 cosponsors