SEC. 2. ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION BUSINESS 
TRAVEL CARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the 7-year period ending 
on September 30, 2018, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in coordination with the Secretary of State, is author-
ized to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business 
Travel Cards (referred to in this section as ‘‘ABT Cards’’) 
to any eligible person, including business leaders and 
United States Government officials who are actively en-
gaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation business. An 
individual may not receive an ABT Card under this sec-
tion unless the individual has been approved and is in good 
standing in an international trusted traveler program of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
(b) INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING TRAVEL PRO-
GRAMS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security may inte-
grate application procedures for, and issuance, suspension, 
and revocation of, ABT Cards with other appropriate 
international trusted traveler programs of the Department 
of Homeland Security. 
(c) COOPERATION WITH PRIVATE ENTITIES.—In 
carrying out this section, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity may consult with appropriate private sector entities. 
(d) RULEMAKING.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, in coordination with the Secretary of State, may 
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
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out this section, including regulations regarding conditions 
of or limitations on eligibility for an ABT Card. 
(e) FEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security may— 
(A) prescribe and collect a fee for the 
issuance of ABT Cards; and 
(B) adjust such fee to the extent the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to comply 
with paragraph (2). 
(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security 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 
establishing the program. 
(3) ACCOUNT FOR COLLECTIONS.—There is es-
tablished in the Treasury of the United States an 
‘‘APEC Business Travel Card Account’’ into which 
the fees collected under paragraph (1) shall be de-
posited as offsetting receipts. 
(4) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited into 
the APEC Business Travel Card Account— 
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(A) shall be credited to the appropriate ac-
count of the Department of Homeland Security 
for expenses incurred in carrying out this sec-
tion; and 
(B) shall remain available until expended. 
(f) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of 
State, may terminate activities under this section if the 
Secretary of Homeland Security determines such action 
to be in the interest of the United States. 
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