PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Department of Commerce must create an Office of Travel Promotion. A Director picked by the Secretary will run it. The Director must be a U.S. citizen with experience in promoting travel and must report to the Secretary and make sure the office does its work. The office must work with the Corporation for Travel Promotion, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to grow the number of international visitors (including for business, leisure, education, medical, exchange, and other purposes), give clear entry rules to travelers, make arrivals welcoming, count visitors by State, and improve entry and exit through advertising, signs, and customer service. The Secretary must send a report within one year after March 4, 2010, and later as needed, to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations; House Energy and Commerce; House Homeland Security; and House Foreign Affairs committees describing this work.

Title 22, §2123

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(a)Office established

There is established within the Department of Commerce an office to be known as the Office of Travel Promotion.

(b)Director (c) Functions

(1)Appointment

The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary.

(2)Qualifications

The Director shall be a citizen of the United States and have experience in a field directly related to the promotion of travel to and within the United States.

(3)Duties

The Director shall be responsible for ensuring the office is carrying out its functions effectively and shall report to the Secretary.

(d)Reports to Congress

Within a year after March 4, 2010, and periodically thereafter as appropriate, the Secretary shall transmit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, and the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs describing the Office’s work with the Corporation, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out subsection (c)(2).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Subsection (b) of section 11 of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), probably should be a reference to subsection (b) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, which is classified to section 2131(b) of this title.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2123, Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 202, formerly § 3, June 29, 1961, 75 Stat. 130; Pub. L. 91–477, §§ 1, 2, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1071, 1072; renumbered and amended Pub. L. 97–63, § 3(c), (d), (e)(1), Oct. 16, 1981, 95 Stat. 1012, 1013; Pub. L. 102–372, §§ 4(n), 6(b), (c), 7, 8(b), Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1174, 1176, 1178, enumerated duties of Secretary of Commerce in carrying out national tourism policy, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–288, § 9(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3407.

§2123 Office of Travel Promotion