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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2250 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 10, 2014 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. KIRK, Mr. 

SCHATZ, Mr. WICKER, Mr. REID, Mr. HELLER, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. 

AYOTTE, Mr. WARNER, Mr. GRAHAM, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. 

DURBIN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. NELSON, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, 

Mr. HATCH, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. VITTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Ms. MIKULSKI) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITION OF NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD OF DIREC2 TORS. 

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

4 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 

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

6 (A) by striking ‘‘promotion and mar7 keting’’ and inserting ‘‘promotion or mar8 keting’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘At least 5 members of 

10 the board shall have experience working in 

11 United States multinational entities with mar12 keting budgets. At least 2 members of the 

13 board shall be audit committee financial experts 

14 (as defined by the Securities and Exchange 

15 Commission in accordance with section 407 of 

16 Public Law 107–204 (15 U.S.C. 7265)). All 

17 members of the board shall be a current or 

18 former chief executive officer, chief financial of19 ficer, or chief marketing officer, or have held an 

20 equivalent management position.’’; and 

21 (2) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘intercity pas22 senger railroad business’’ and inserting ‘‘land or sea 

23 passenger transportation sector’’. 

24 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

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

26 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(c)(3)) is amended— 


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

2 the end; 

3 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as sub4 paragraph (I); and 

5 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol6 lowing: 

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

8 the Corporation’s efforts to focus on specific 

9 countries and populations; 

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

11 the Corporation’s combination of media chan12 nels employed in meeting the promotional objec13 tives of its marketing campaign; 

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

15 used; and 

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

17 of such channels; and’’. 

18 SEC. 4. BIANNUAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES TO DETER19 MINE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF GOODS AND 

20 SERVICES. 

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

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

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

24 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(E) BIANNUAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES

2 TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF GOODS

3 AND SERVICES.—The Corporation and the Sec4 retary of Commerce (or their designees) shall 

5 meet on a biannual basis to review the proce6 dures to determine the fair market value of 

7 goods and services received from non-Federal 

8 sources by the Corporation under subparagraph 

9 (B).’’. 

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

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of the Travel Pro12 motion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(d)) is amended— 

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

14 States and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 

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

16 the District of Columbia,’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (d)— 

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

19 ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘fis21 cal year 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘each of the fiscal years 2011 through 

23 2020’’. 

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

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

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

3 30, 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 6. ACCOUNTABILITY; PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS. 

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

6 as amended by this Act, is further amended— 

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

8 and (h) as subsections (h), (e), (i), and (j), respec9 tively; and 

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (e), as redesig11 nated, the following: 

12 ‘‘(f) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

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

14 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact15 ment of the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and 

16 Modernization Act of 2014, the Corporation shall es17 tablish performance metrics— 

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

19 efforts by the Corporation; and 

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

21 the economy of the United States. 

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

23 60 days after the date on which the Corporation re24 ceives a report from the Government Accountability 

25 Office with recommendations for the Corporation, 


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1 the Corporation shall submit a report to Congress 

2 that describes the actions taken by the Corporation 

3 in response to the recommendations in such report. 

4 ‘‘(g) PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The Corpora5 tion shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) establish a competitive procurement proc7 ess; and 

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

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

10 into were in compliance with the established com11 petitive procurement process.’’. 

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