HR 4657 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016

Introduced Mar 1, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Ann M. Kuster D-NH

Latest action · Apr 1, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 1, 2016
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016

This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow the United States to prosecute certain U.S. employees who engage in conduct in Canada that would constitute a federal criminal offense if the conduct had occurred in the United States. This bill applies to employees, contractors, and grantees of a U.S. department or agency other than the Department of Defense who are stationed in Canada pursuant to a border security initiative.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2016 to Nov 14, 2016; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Mar 1, 2016
R-NY	Chris Collins	Original	Mar 1, 2016
R-MI	Dan Benishek	Original	Mar 1, 2016
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Mar 1, 2016
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Mar 1, 2016
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Mar 1, 2016
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Mar 1, 2016
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan	Original	Mar 1, 2016
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Mar 1, 2016
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Mar 1, 2016
D-VT	Peter Welch		Mar 2, 2016
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Mar 3, 2016
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Apr 12, 2016
R-PA	Tim Murphy		May 16, 2016
D-WA	Adam Smith		May 23, 2016
D-WA	Denny Heck		May 23, 2016
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jun 9, 2016
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke		Sep 8, 2016
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Sep 12, 2016
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Sep 20, 2016
R-MI	David A. Trott		Sep 21, 2016
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta		Sep 21, 2016
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Sep 21, 2016
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Sep 26, 2016
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Sep 26, 2016
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Sep 27, 2016
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Sep 28, 2016
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Sep 28, 2016
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Nov 14, 2016
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Nov 14, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 1, 2016
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Apr 1, 2016

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 1, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 1, 2016Introduced in House
Mar 1, 2016Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H1092, H1093	Brian Higgins D-NY, Elise M. Stefanik R-NY	Mar 2, 2016

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . To regulate Commerce within foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. . . .''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 33, March 1, 2016, page H1084.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 201744 pages	Appropriations Committee	Feb 24, 2016

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2612	Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016	Identical bill	Mar 1, 2016
HR 6431	Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016	Related bill	Dec 16, 2016

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To ensure United States jurisdiction over offenses committed by United States personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance of border security initiatives.
Short Titles as Introduced: Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 1, 2016Introduced in House

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