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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4450 

To extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2014 

Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. WELCH, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. FARR, 

Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. TITUS, Mr. JOLLY, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 

KINZINGER of Illinois, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. 

DIAZ-BALART, Mr. ROSS, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. PETERS of California, Mr. 

SOUTHERLAND, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. MURPHY

of Florida, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. GABBARD, 

Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 

PETERSON, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. HAHN, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. COSTA, Mr. LONG, Mr. 

SMITH of Texas, Mr. SCHOCK, and Mr. GRIMM) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 

in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Travel Promotion, En3 hancement, and Modernization Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

5 Subsection (b)(2)(A) of the Travel Promotion Act of 

6 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 

7 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

8 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘pro9 motion and marketing’’ and inserting ‘‘pro10 motion or marketing’’; and 

11 (B) by inserting after the first sentence 

12 the following: ‘‘At least 5 members of the board 

13 shall have experience working in United States 

14 multinational entities with marketing budgets. 

15 At least 2 members of the board shall be audit 

16 committee financial experts (as defined by the 

17 Securities and Exchange Commission in accord18 ance with section 407 of Public Law 107–204 

19 (15 U.S.C. 7265)). All members of the board 

20 shall be a current or former chief executive offi21 cer, chief financial officer, or chief marketing 

22 officer, or have held an equivalent management 

23 position.’’; and 

24 (2) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘intercity pas25 senger railroad business’’ and inserting ‘‘land or sea 

26 passenger transportation sector’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

2 Subsection (c)(3) of the Travel Promotion Act of 

3 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(c)(3)) is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; 

6 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as sub7 paragraph (I); and 

8 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(G) a description of, and rationales for, 

11 the Corporation’s efforts to focus on specific 

12 countries and populations; 

13 ‘‘(H)(i) a description of, and rationales for, 

14 the Corporation’s combination of media chan15 nels employed in meeting the promotional objec16 tives of its marketing campaign; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the ratio in which such channels are 

18 used; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) a justification for the use and ratio 

20 of such channels; and’’. 

21 SEC. 4. BIANNUAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES TO DETER22 MINE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF GOODS AND 

23 SERVICES. 

24 Subsection (d)(3) of the Travel Promotion Act of 

25 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(d)(3)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘80 

2 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(E) BIANNUAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES

5 TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF GOODS

6 AND SERVICES.—The Corporation and the Sec7 retary of Commerce (or their designees) shall 

8 meet on a biannual basis to review the proce9 dures to determine the fair market value of 

10 goods and services received from non-Federal 

11 sources by the Corporation under subparagraph 

12 (B).’’. 

13 SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT OF 2009. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Travel Promotion Act of 

15 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (b)(5)(A)(iv), by striking ‘‘all 

17 States and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘all States and territories of the United States and 

19 the District of Columbia,’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (d)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

22 ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘fis24 cal year 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015’’ and 


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1 inserting ‘‘each of the fiscal years 2011 through 

2 2020’’. 

3 (b) SUNSET OF TRAVEL PROMOTION FUND FEE.— 

4 Section 217(h)(3)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Nation5 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)(iii)) is amended by 

6 striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

7 30, 2020’’. 

8 SEC. 6. ACCOUNTABILITY; PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS. 

9 The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131), 

10 as amended by this Act, is further amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), 

12 and (h) as subsections (h), (e), (i), and (j), respec13 tively; and 

14 (2) by inserting after subsection (e), as redesig15 nated, the following: 

16 ‘‘(f) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

17 ‘‘(1) PERFORMANCE PLANS AND MEASURES.— 

18 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact19 ment of the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and 

20 Modernization Act of 2014, the Corporation shall es21 tablish performance metrics— 

22 ‘‘(A) to measure the impact of marketing 

23 efforts by the Corporation; and 

24 ‘‘(B) to demonstrate any cost or benefit to 

25 the economy of the United States. 


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1 ‘‘(2) GAO ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 

2 60 days after the date on which the Corporation re3 ceives a report from the Government Accountability 

4 Office with recommendations for the Corporation, 

5 the Corporation shall submit a report to Congress 

6 that describes the actions taken by the Corporation 

7 in response to the recommendations in such report. 

8 ‘‘(g) PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The Corpora9 tion shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) establish a competitive procurement proc11 ess; and 

12 ‘‘(2) certify in its annual report to Congress 

13 under subsection (c)(3) that any contracts entered 

14 into were in compliance with the established com15 petitive procurement process.’’. 

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