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[S. 504 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.504

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
To permanently authorize the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business 
                          Travel Card Program.

    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 ``Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
Business Travel Cards Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION BUSINESS TRAVEL CARDS.
    (a) In General.--Subtitle B of title IV of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 417 the following:
    ``SEC. 418. ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION BUSINESS TRAVEL 
      CARDS.
    ``(a) In General.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection is authorized to issue an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
Business Travel Card (referred to in this section as an `ABT Card') to 
any individual described in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Card Issuance.--An individual described in this subsection is 
an individual who--
        ``(1) is a citizen of the United States;
        ``(2) has been approved and is in good standing in an existing 
    international trusted traveler program of the Department; and
        ``(3) is--
            ``(A) engaged in business in the Asia-Pacific region, as 
        determined by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection; or
            ``(B) a United States Government official actively engaged 
        in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation business, as determined by 
        the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
    ``(c) Integration With Existing Travel Programs.--The Commissioner 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall integrate application 
procedures for, and issuance, renewal, and revocation of, ABT Cards 
with existing international trusted traveler programs of the 
Department.
    ``(d) Cooperation With Private Entities and Nongovernmental 
Organizations.--In carrying out this section, the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection may consult with appropriate private 
sector entities and nongovernmental organizations, including academic 
institutions.
    ``(e) Fee.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
    Protection shall--
            ``(A) prescribe and collect a fee for the issuance and 
        renewal of ABT Cards; and
            ``(B) adjust such fee to the extent the Commissioner 
        determines necessary to comply with paragraph (2).
        ``(2) Limitation.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
    Protection shall ensure that the total amount of the fees collected 
    under paragraph (1) during any fiscal year is sufficient to offset 
    the direct and indirect costs associated with carrying out this 
    section during such fiscal year, including the costs associated 
    with operating and maintaining the ABT Card issuance and renewal 
    processes.
        ``(3) Account for collections.--There is established in the 
    Treasury of the United States an `Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
    Business Travel Card Account' into which the fees collected under 
    paragraph (1) shall be deposited as offsetting receipts.
        ``(4) Use of funds.--Amounts deposited into the Asia Pacific 
    Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card Account established under 
    paragraph (3) shall--
            ``(A) be credited to the appropriate account of the U.S. 
        Customs and Border Protection for expenses incurred in carrying 
        out this section; and
            ``(B) remain available until expended.
    ``(f) Notification.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection shall notify the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate not later than 60 days after the 
expenditures of funds to operate and provide ABT Card services beyond 
the amounts collected under subsection (e)(1).
    ``(g) Trusted Traveler Program Defined.--In this section, the term 
`trusted traveler program' means a voluntary program of the Department 
that allows U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expedite clearance of 
pre-approved, low-risk travelers arriving in the United States.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 417 the following new item:

``Sec. 418. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards.''.
SEC. 3. ACCOUNT.
    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the repeal of the Asia-Pacific 
Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-
54; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note) pursuant to section 4(b)(1), amounts deposited 
into the APEC Business Travel Card Account established pursuant to such 
Act as of the date of the enactment of this Act are hereby transferred 
to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card Account 
established pursuant to section 418(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (as added by section 2(a) of this Act), and shall be available 
without regard to whether such amounts are expended in connection with 
expenses incurred with respect to an ABT Card issued at any time before 
or after such date of enactment.
    (b) Availability.--Amounts deposited in the Asia-Pacific Economic 
Cooperation Business Travel Card Account established pursuant to 
section 418(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, in addition to the 
purposes for which such amounts are available pursuant to such 
subsection, shall also be available for expenditure in connection with 
expenses incurred with respect to ABT Cards issued at any time before 
the date of the enactment of such section.
    (c) Termination.--After the completion of the transfer described in 
subsection (a), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel 
Card Account established pursuant to the Asia-Pacific Economic 
Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 shall be closed.
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEAL.
    (a) Conforming Amendments.--Section 411(c) of section 411 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(c)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (17), by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (2) by redesignating paragraph (18) as paragraph (19); and
        (3) by inserting after paragraph (17) the following:
        ``(18) carry out section 418, relating to the issuance of Asia-
    Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards; and''.
    (b) Repeal.--
        (1) In general.--The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business 
    Travel Cards Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-54; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note) is 
    repealed.
        (2) Saving clause.--Notwithstanding the repeal under paragraph 
    (1), an ABT Card issued pursuant to the Asia-Pacific Economic 
    Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 before the date of 
    the enactment of this Act that, as of such date, is still valid, 
    shall remain valid on and after such date until such time as such 
    Card would otherwise expire.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.