(3) NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM OFFICE.— 
The Director of the National Travel and Tourism Of-
fice— 
(A) in partnership with the Bureau of Eco-
nomic Analysis, shall report international ar-
rival and spending data on a regular monthly 
schedule, which shall be made available to the 
Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and to the 
public through a publicly available website; and 
(B) shall include questions in the Survey of 
International Air Travelers regarding wait- 
times, visits to public lands, and State data, to 
the extent applicable. 
SEC. 4. TRAVEL AND TOURISM STRATEGY. 
Not less frequently than once every 10 years, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, in consultation with the United States 
Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, the Tourism Policy 
Council, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall de-
velop and submit to Congress a 10-year travel and tourism 
strategy, which shall include— 
(1) the establishment of goals with respect to the 
number of annual international visitors to the United 
States and the annual value of travel and tourism 
commerce in the United States during such 10-year 
period; 
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(2) the resources needed to achieve the goals es-
tablished pursuant to paragraph (1); and 
(3) recommendations for statutory or regulatory 
changes that would be necessary to achieve such goals. 
SEC. 5. UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVISORY 
BOARD. 
Section 3 of the Act of July 19, 1940, entitled ‘‘An 
Act to encourage travel in the United States, and for other 
purposes’’ (15 U.S.C. 1546) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 3.’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior is authorized’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVISORY 
BOARD; ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
‘‘(a) UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVI-
SORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is established the 
United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board 
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘Board’), the 
members of which shall be appointed by the Secretary 
of Commerce for 2-year terms from among companies 
and organizations in the travel and tourism industry. 
‘‘(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Assistant Sec-
retary for Travel and Tourism shall serve as the Ex-
ecutive Director of the Board. 
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‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT.—The Director of 
the National Travel and Tourism Office of the Inter-
national Trade Administration shall serve as the Ex-
ecutive Secretariat for the Board. 
‘‘(4) FUNCTIONS.—The Board’s Charter shall 
specify that the Board will— 
‘‘(A) serve as the advisory body to the Sec-
retary of Commerce on matters relating to the 
travel and tourism industry in the United 
States; 
‘‘(B) advise the Secretary of Commerce on 
Government policies and programs that affect the 
United States travel and tourism industry; 
‘‘(C) offer counsel on current and emerging 
issues; 
‘‘(D) provide a forum for discussing and 
proposing solutions to problems related to the 
travel and tourism industry; and 
‘‘(E) provide advice regarding the domestic 
travel and tourism industry as an economic en-
gine. 
‘‘(5) RECOVERY STRATEGY.—The Board shall as-
sist the Assistant Secretary in the development and 
implementation of the COVID–19 public health emer-
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gency recovery strategy required under section 3(f)(1) 
of the Visit America Act. 
‘‘(b) ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
FOR
PROMOTION
OF 
TOURIST TRAVEL.—The Secretary of Commerce is author-
ized’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of the Interior to 
serve’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Commerce to 
serve’’. 
SEC. 6. DATA ON DOMESTIC TRAVEL AND TOURISM. 
The Secretary of Commerce, subject to the availability 
of appropriations, shall collect and make public aggregate 
data on domestic travel and tourism trends. 
SEC. 7. COMPLETION OF PROCEEDING. 
If the Secretary of Commerce has, before the date of 
the enactment of this Act, taken action that in whole or 
in part implements this Act or the amendments made by 
this Act, the Secretary is not required to revisit such action, 
but only to the extent such action is consistent with this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
SEC. 8. DEFINED TERM. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emer-
gency’’— 
(1) means the public health emergency first de-
clared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 319 of the 
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Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with re-
spect to COVID–19; and 
(2) includes any renewal of such declaration 
pursuant to such section 319. 
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