[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4657 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4657

To ensure United States jurisdiction over offenses committed by United 
States personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance of border security 
                              initiatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2016

Ms. Kuster (for herself, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
Higgins, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Collins 
  of New York, and Mr. Kind) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure United States jurisdiction over offenses committed by United 
States personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance of border security 
                              initiatives.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Travel, Commerce, and 
National Security Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. JURISDICTION OVER OFFENSES COMMITTED BY UNITED STATES PERSONNEL 
              STATIONED IN CANADA.

    (a) Amendment.--Chapter 212A of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the chapter heading, by striking ``TRAFFICKING IN 
        PERSONS''; and
            (2) by adding after section 3272 the following:
``Sec. 3273. Offenses committed by United States personnel stationed in 
              Canada in furtherance of border security initiatives
    ``(a) In General.--Whoever, while employed by any department or 
agency of the United States other than the Department of Defense and 
stationed or deployed in Canada pursuant to a treaty or executive 
agreement in furtherance of a border security initiative, engages in 
conduct (or conspires or attempts to engage in conduct) in Canada that 
would constitute an offense for which a person may be prosecuted in a 
court of the United States had the conduct been engaged in within the 
United States or within the special maritime and territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States shall be punished as provided for 
that offense.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Employed by any department or agency of the united 
        states other than the department of defense.--The term 
        `employed by any department or agency of the United States 
        other than the Department of Defense' means--
                    ``(A) being employed as a civilian employee, a 
                contractor (including a subcontractor at any tier), an 
                employee of a contractor (or a subcontractor at any 
                tier), a grantee (including a contractor of a grantee 
                or a subgrantee or subcontractor at any tier), or an 
                employee of a grantee (or a contractor of a grantee or 
                a subgrantee or subcontractor at any tier) of any 
                department or agency of the United States other than 
                the Department of Defense;
                    ``(B) being present or residing in Canada in 
                connection with such employment; and
                    ``(C) not being a national of or ordinarily 
                resident in Canada.
            ``(2) Grant agreement.--The term `grant agreement' means a 
        legal instrument described in section 6304 or 6305 of title 31, 
        other than an agreement between the United States and a State, 
        local, or foreign government or an international organization.
            ``(3) Grantee.--The term `grantee' means a party, other 
        than the United States, to a grant agreement.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Part II of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the table of chapters, by striking the item relating 
        to chapter 212A and inserting the following:

``212A. Extraterritorial jurisdiction over certain offenses.    3271''.
            (2) in the table of sections for chapter 212A, by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 3272 the following:

``3273. Offenses committed by United States personnel stationed in 
                            Canada in furtherance of border security 
                            initiatives.''.
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