Travel Reference
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and the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The list of the Tourism Policy Council
members includes the following:
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Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
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Department of Agriculture
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Department of Commerce
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Department of Education
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Department of Health and Human Services
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Department of Homeland Security
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Department of Interior
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Department of Labor
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Department of State
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Department of Transportation
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Of
ce of the President
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Of
ce of Management and Budget
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President
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s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Small Business Administration
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Other departments and agencies are requested to join in discussions as issues affect their organization.
Travel Promotion Act
The
was signed by President Barack Obama on March 4, 2010. The act will have
signi
cant operational, managerial, and funding impacts on the Department of Commerce. Specifi-
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cally, the act:
Travel Promotion Act
Establishes the Corporation for Travel Promotion, a nonpro
t entity, to communicate
U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the
United States.
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Authorizes the secretary of commerce, in consultation with the secretaries of state and homeland
security, to appoint the corporation
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s board of directors, review and approve the corporation
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s
annual objectives, and transmit the corporation
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s report to Congress.
Funds the corporation from the collection of a fee assessed on travelers from visa waiver countries
in the completion of a form under the DHS requirement for the Electronic System of Travel
Authorization (ESTA). In year one, the corporation is to be funded from a drawdown of up to
$10 million; in year two, the drawdown is up to $100 million with a 50 percent match by industry
(80 percent of the match can be in-kind, 20 percent must be in cash); in years three, four, and
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the drawdown is up to $100 million with 100 percent industry match; and in year six and beyond,
funding of the corporation would be by industry assessment only as the act sunsets in 2014.
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Establishes an Of
ce of Travel Promotion within the Department of Commerce, to be headed by a
director appointed by, and reporting to, the secretary who has signi
cant travel and tourism
industry experience. The of
ce will serve as a liaison to the corporation and be responsible for a
broad range of additional activities.
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