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<meta><dc:title>115 S 504 ENR: To permanently authorize the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card Program.</dc:title>
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<preface><dc:type>S.</dc:type><docNumber>504</docNumber>

<congress style="-uslm-lc:I665502" value="115">One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America</congress><session style="-uslm-lc:I665503" value="1">A T T  H  E F  I  R  S  T S  E  S  S  I  O  N</session>
<enrolledDateline style="-uslm-lc:I665504">Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen</enrolledDateline>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize18" style="-uslm-lc:I665505">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="centered fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I665511">To permanently authorize the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card Program.<?GPOvSpace 08?></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I650120">  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</enactingFormula>
<section id="d60338e62" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I650146"><num value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I650120">  This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2017</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
<section id="d60338e72" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s2" style="-uslm-lc:I650141"><num value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading>ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION BUSINESS TRAVEL CARDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e76" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s2/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subtitle B of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s211/etseq">6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 417 the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="418">“SEC. 418. </num><heading>ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION BUSINESS TRAVEL CARDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Card Issuance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>An individual described in this subsection is an individual who—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>is a citizen of the United States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>has been approved and is in good standing in an existing international trusted traveler program of the Department; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>engaged in business in the Asia-Pacific region, as determined by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Integration With Existing Travel Programs</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cooperation With Private Entities and Nongovernmental Organizations</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fee</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>prescribe and collect a fee for the issuance and renewal of ABT Cards; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>adjust such fee to the extent the Commissioner determines necessary to comply with paragraph (2).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Account for collections</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Amounts deposited into the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card Account established under paragraph (3) shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>be credited to the appropriate account of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for expenses incurred in carrying out this section; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>remain available until expended.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notification</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Trusted Traveler Program Defined</inline>.—</heading><content>In this section, the term ‘<term>trusted traveler program</term>’ 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.”</content></subsection></section>
</quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e224" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s2/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Clerical Amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 417 the following new item:<quotedContent><?GPOvSpace 04?>
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<designator>“Sec. 418. </designator>
<label>Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards.”.</label>
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<section id="d60338e251" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s3" style="-uslm-lc:I650141"><num value="3">SEC. 3. </num><heading>ACCOUNT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e255" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s3/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding the repeal of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/54">Public Law 112–54</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1185">8 U.S.C. 1185 note</ref>) 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e270" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s3/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Availability</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e278" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s3/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d60338e288" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s4" style="-uslm-lc:I650141"><num value="4">SEC. 4. </num><heading>CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEAL.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e292" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s4/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 411(c) of section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s211/c">6 U.S.C. 211(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e307" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s4/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (17), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e315" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s4/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (18) as paragraph (19); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e323" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s4/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (17) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">“(18) </num><content>carry out section 418, relating to the issuance of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards; and”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e337" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s4/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repeal</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e344" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s4/b/1" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/54">Public Law 112–54</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1185">8 U.S.C. 1185 note</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d60338e362" identifier="/us/bill/115/s/504/s4/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Saving clause</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
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<signature><role style="-uslm-lc:I650114">Speaker of the House of Representatives.</role></signature>
<signature><role style="-uslm-lc:I650114">Vice President of the United States and  President of the Senate.</role></signature>
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