,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfeg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #a1 #bjaf ,ms4
 ,kuster 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1  
,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,mr4   
,higgins1 ,mr4 ,benishek1 ,mr4          
,newhouse1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,nolan1   
,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1 and ,mr4   
,kind7 introduced the following bill2   
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       
furtherance of border security          
initiatives4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,promoting     
,travel1 ,commerce1 and ,national       
,security ,act of #bjaf4  #b4           
,jurisdiction over offenses committed by
 ,united ,states personnel stationed in 
,canada  7a7 ,amendment ,chapter #bab;,a
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended--  7#a7 in the chapter heading1
 by striking ,,trafficking ,,in         

,,persons2 and  7#b7 by adding after    
section #cbgb the following3  #cbgc4    
,offenses committed by ,united ,states  
personnel stationed in ,canada in       
furtherance of border security          
initiatives  7a7 ,in general ,whoever1  
while employed by any department or     
agency of the ,united ,states other than
 the ,department of ,defense and        
stationed or deployed in ,canada        
pursuant to a treaty or executive       
agreement in furtherance of a border    
security initiative1 engages in conduct 
7or conspires or attempts to engage in  
conduct7 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 punished as provided   
for that offense4  7b7 ,definitions ,in 
this section3 7#a7 ,employed by any     
department or agency of the united      

states other than the department of     
defense ,the term employed by any       
department or agency of the ,united     
,states other than the ,department of   
,defense means--  7,a7 being employed as
 a civilian employee1 a contractor      
7including a subcontractor at any tier71
 an employee of a contractor 7or a      
subcontractor at any tier71 a grantee   
7including a contractor of a grantee or 
a subgrantee or subcontractor at any    
tier71 or an employee of a grantee 7or a
 contractor of a grantee or a subgrantee
 or subcontractor at any tier7 of any   
department or agency of the ,united     
,states other than the ,department of   
,defense2  7,b7 being present or        
residing in ,canada in connection with  
such employment2 and  7,c7 not being a  
national of or ordinarily resident in   
,canada4  7#b7 ,grant agreement ,the    
term grant agreement means a legal      
instrument described in section #fcjd or
 #fcje of title #ca1 other than an      
agreement between the ,united ,states   

and a ,state1 local1 or foreign         
government or an international          
organization4  7#c7 ,grantee ,the term  
grantee means a party1 other than the   
,united ,states1 to a grant agreement4  
4  7b7 ,technical and conforming        
amendments ,part ,,ii of title #ah1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in the table of chapters1 by       
striking the item relating to chapter   
#bab;,a and inserting the following3    
#bab;,a4,extraterritorial jurisdiction  
over certain offenses#cbga  4  7#b7 in  
the table of sections for chapter       
#bab;,a1 by inserting after the item    
relating to section #cbgb the following3
  #cbgc4 ,offenses committed by ,united 
,states personnel stationed in ,canada  
in furtherance of border security       
initiatives4  4