Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 Public Law 114–316 Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 316 114–316 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 12650 114 2016-12-16 Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 [(Public Law 114–316)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 114-316. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [18 U.S.C. 1 note] 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 CERTAIN 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:
“§ 3273. Offenses committed by certain United States personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance of border security initiatives “(a) In General.—Whoever, while employed by the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice and stationed or deployed in Canada pursuant to a treaty, executive agreement, or bilateral memorandum 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 fined or imprisoned, or both, as provided for that offense. “(b) Definition.—In this section, the term ‘employed by the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice’ means— “(1) being employed as a civilian employee, a contractor (including a subcontractor at any tier), or an employee of a contractor (or a subcontractor at any tier) of the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice; “(2) being present or residing in Canada in connection with such employment; and “(3) not being a national of or ordinarily resident in Canada.”
. (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. ; and (2) in the table of sections for chapter 212A, by inserting after the item relating to section 3272 the following: “3273. . (c) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to infringe upon or otherwise affect the exercise of prosecutorial discretion by the Department of Justice in implementing this section and the amendments made by this section.