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Visit America Act

USA116th CongressS-3831| Senate 
| Updated: 9/16/2020
Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Republican Senator

Alaska

Cosponsors (3)
Angus S. King (Independent)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Visit America Act This bill implements measures to support the U.S. travel and tourism industry and to address the declining percentage of international visitors to the United States. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Commerce to develop a 10-year travel and tourism strategy with the goal of achieving, by 2028, 116 million annual international visitors to the United States and $445 billion in travel exports. The bill also establishes the role of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, whose responsibilities shall include (1) setting an annual goal for the number of international visitors to the United States, (2) providing support for improved visitor visa processing, and (3) promoting travel exports abroad. Further, the assistant secretary must develop and implement a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic recovery strategy to assist the recovery of the U.S. travel and tourism industry from travel restrictions necessitated by the pandemic. The bill also provides statutory authority for the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, which shall aid the assistant secretary in developing and implementing the COVID-19 pandemic recovery strategy.
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Timeline
May 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 16, 2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Oct 1, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-8480
Introduced in House
  • May 21, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 21, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


  • September 16, 2020
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.


  • October 1, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-8480
    Introduced in House

Commerce

Related Bills

  • HR 116-8480: Visit America Act
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesAviation and airportsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightDepartment of CommerceDisaster relief and insuranceEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsImmigration status and proceduresInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaLabor marketNatural disastersPublic-private cooperationTravel and tourismVisas and passports

Visit America Act

USA116th CongressS-3831| Senate 
| Updated: 9/16/2020
Visit America Act This bill implements measures to support the U.S. travel and tourism industry and to address the declining percentage of international visitors to the United States. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Commerce to develop a 10-year travel and tourism strategy with the goal of achieving, by 2028, 116 million annual international visitors to the United States and $445 billion in travel exports. The bill also establishes the role of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, whose responsibilities shall include (1) setting an annual goal for the number of international visitors to the United States, (2) providing support for improved visitor visa processing, and (3) promoting travel exports abroad. Further, the assistant secretary must develop and implement a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic recovery strategy to assist the recovery of the U.S. travel and tourism industry from travel restrictions necessitated by the pandemic. The bill also provides statutory authority for the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, which shall aid the assistant secretary in developing and implementing the COVID-19 pandemic recovery strategy.
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Timeline
May 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 16, 2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Oct 1, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-8480
Introduced in House
  • May 21, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 21, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


  • September 16, 2020
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.


  • October 1, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-8480
    Introduced in House
Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Republican Senator

Alaska

Cosponsors (3)
Angus S. King (Independent)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Commerce

Related Bills

  • HR 116-8480: Visit America Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesAviation and airportsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightDepartment of CommerceDisaster relief and insuranceEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsImmigration status and proceduresInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaLabor marketNatural disastersPublic-private cooperationTravel and tourismVisas and passports