I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4657 
To ensure United States jurisdiction over offenses committed by United 
States personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance of border security 
initiatives. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2016 
Ms. KUSTER (for herself, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, 
Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
NOLAN, Mr. COLLINS of New York, and Mr. KIND) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To ensure United States jurisdiction over offenses committed 
by United States personnel stationed in Canada in fur-
therance of border security initiatives. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Travel, 
Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. JURISDICTION OVER OFFENSES COMMITTED BY 
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 United States per-
sonnel stationed in Canada in further-
ance of border security initiatives 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, while employed by any 
department or agency of the United States other than the 
Department of Defense and stationed or deployed in Can-
ada pursuant to a treaty or executive agreement in fur-
therance 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 con-
duct been engaged in within the United States or within 
the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the 
United States shall be punished as provided for that of-
fense. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) EMPLOYED
BY
ANY
DEPARTMENT
OR 
AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OTHER THAN THE 
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DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE.—The term ‘employed 
by any department or agency of the United States 
other than the Department of Defense’ means— 
‘‘(A) being employed as a civilian em-
ployee, 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 sub-
grantee or subcontractor at any tier) of any de-
partment or agency of the United States other 
than the Department of Defense; 
‘‘(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 or-
ganization. 
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‘‘(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 offenses ....................... 3271’’. 
(2) in the table of sections for chapter 212A, by 
inserting after the item relating to section 3272 the 
following: 
‘‘3273. Offenses committed by United States personnel stationed in Canada in 
furtherance of border security initiatives.’’. 
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