[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3641. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. 
Schumer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
3464 submitted by Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Nelson) to the bill 
H.R. 636, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently 
extend increased expensing limitations, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 5032. 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:

     ``Sec. 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) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Employed by the department of homeland security or 
     the department of justice.--The term `employed by the 
     Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice' 
     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 the Department of Homeland Security or the 
     Department of Justice;
       ``(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 offenses3271'';....

     and
       (2) in the table of sections for chapter 212A, by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 3272 the following:

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