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Union Calendar No. 408 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4450 

[Report No. 113–542, Part I] 

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 

JULY 22, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. KILMER, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. 

CA ́RDENAS, Mr. KEATING, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. 

HUFFMAN, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. YOUNG of 

Alaska, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. WOLF, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. 

BEATTY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 

BARBER, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. MORAN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. TONKO, 

Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 

HARPER, Mr. MARINO, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. COLE, Mr. 

SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. LANCE, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. 

DAINES, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. 

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AMODEI, Mr. LATTA, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. 

GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. MCKINLEY, 

Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. BARTON, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. POSEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. DEUTCH, 

Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GARDNER, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BECERRA, Mrs. 

DAVIS of California, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. YARMUTH, 

Mr. SERRANO, Mr. WITTMAN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, 

Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. OLSON, Mr. STIVERS, Mrs. 

BUSTOS, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. PEARCE, 

Mr. GOSAR, Mr. FLORES, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 

Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. HANNA, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. NOLAN, 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Ms. 

FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. BERA of California, Mr. GIBBS, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. MESSER, Ms. SINEMA, 

and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD

JULY 22, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JULY 22, 2014 

The Committee on Homeland Security discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 

printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 10, 2014] 

A BILL 

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

purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Travel Promotion, En5 hancement, and Modernization Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

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

8 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 

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

10 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘pro11 motion and marketing’’ and inserting ‘‘pro12 motion or marketing’’; and 

13 (B) by inserting after the first sentence the 

14 following: ‘‘At least 5 members of the board shall 

15 have experience working in United States multi16 national entities with marketing budgets. At 

17 least 2 members of the board shall be audit com18 mittee financial experts (as defined by the Secu19 rities and Exchange Commission in accordance 

20 with section 407 of Public Law 107–204 (15 

21 U.S.C. 7265)). All members of the board shall be 

22 a current or former chief executive officer, chief 

23 financial officer, or chief marketing officer, or 

24 have held an equivalent management position.’’; 

25 and 

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1 (2) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘intercity passenger 

2 railroad business’’ and inserting ‘‘land or sea pas3 senger transportation sector’’. 

4 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

5 Subsection (c)(3) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 

6 (22 U.S.C. 2131(c)(3)) is amended— 

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

8 the end; 

9 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as sub10 paragraph (I); and 

11 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol12 lowing: 

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

14 the Corporation’s efforts to focus on specific 

15 countries and populations; 

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

17 the Corporation’s combination of media channels 

18 employed in meeting the promotional objectives 

19 of its marketing campaign; 

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

21 used; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) a justification for the use and ratio of 

23 such channels; and’’. 

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1 SEC. 4. BIANNUAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES TO DETER2 MINE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF GOODS AND 

3 SERVICES. 

4 Subsection (d)(3) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 

5 (22 U.S.C. 2131(d)(3)) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘80 per7 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘70 percent’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(E) MAINTENANCE OF AN IN-KIND CON10 TRIBUTIONS POLICY.—The Corporation shall 

11 maintain an in-kind contributions policy. 

12 ‘‘(F) FORMALIZED PROCEDURES FOR IN13 KIND CONTRIBUTIONS POLICY.—Not later than 

14 90 days after the date of enactment of the Travel 

15 Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization 

16 Act of 2014, the Secretary of Commerce, in co17 ordination with the Corporation, shall establish 

18 formal, publicly available procedures specifying 

19 time frames and conditions for— 

20 ‘‘(i) making and agreeing to revisions 

21 of the Corporation’s in-kind contributions 

22 policy; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) addressing and resolving dis24 agreements between the Corporation and its 

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1 merce, regarding the in-kind contributions 

2 policy. 

3 ‘‘(G) BIANNUAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES

4 TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF GOODS

5 AND SERVICES.—The Corporation and the Sec6 retary of Commerce (or their designees) shall 

7 meet on a biannual basis to review the proce8 dures to determine the fair market value of goods 

9 and services received from non-Federal sources 

10 by the Corporation under subparagraph (B).’’. 

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

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 

13 (22 U.S.C. 2131) is amended— 

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

15 States and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 

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

17 the District of Columbia,’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (d)— 

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

20 ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

22 year 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015’’ and in23 serting ‘‘each of the fiscal years 2011 through 

24 2020’’. 

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1 (b) SUNSET OF TRAVEL PROMOTION FUND FEE.—Sec2 tion 217(h)(3)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality 

3 Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

5 SEC. 6. ACCOUNTABILITY; PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS. 

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

7 as amended by this Act, is further amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and 

9 (h) as subsections (h), (e), (i), and (j), respectively; 

10 and 

11 (2) in paragraph (2) of subsection (c), by strik12 ing ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’; 

13 (3) by inserting after subsection (e), as redesig14 nated, the following: 

15 ‘‘(f) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

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

17 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

18 of the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Mod19 ernization Act of 2014, the Corporation shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) establish performance metrics includ21 ing, time frames, evaluation methodologies, and 

22 data sources for measuring— 

23 ‘‘(i) the effectiveness of marketing ef24 forts by the Corporation, including its 

25 progress in achieving the long-term goals of 

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1 increased traveler visits to and spending in 

2 the United States; 

3 ‘‘(ii) whether increases in visitation 

4 and spending have occurred in response to 

5 external influences, such as economic condi6 tions or exchange rates, rather than in re7 sponse to the efforts of the Corporation; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) any cost or benefit to the econ9 omy of the United States; and 

10 ‘‘(B) conduct periodic program evaluations 

11 in response to the data resulting from measure12 ments under subparagraph (A). 

13 ‘‘(2) GAO ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 60 

14 days after the date on which the Corporation receives 

15 a report from the Government Accountability Office 

16 with recommendations for the Corporation, the Cor17 poration shall submit a report to Congress that de18 scribes the actions taken by the Corporation in re19 sponse to the recommendations in such report. 

20 ‘‘(g) PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The Corpora21 tion shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) establish a competitive procurement process; 

23 and 

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

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

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1 into were in compliance with the established competi2 tive procurement process.’’. 

3 SEC. 7. REPEAL OF ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY. 

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

5 as amended by this Act, is further amended by striking sub6 section (e) (as redesignated by section 6(1) of this Act). 

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Union Calendar No. 408 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4450 

[Report No. 113–542, Part I] 

A BILL 

To extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, and 

for other purposes. 

JULY 22, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

with an amendment 

JULY 22, 2014 

The Committee on Homeland Security discharged; comState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

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