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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6965 
To promote travel and tourism in the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2022 
Ms. TITUS (for herself, Mr. CASE, and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To promote travel and tourism in the United States, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Visit America Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to support the travel and tourism industry, 
which produces economic impacts that are vital to 
our national economy; and 
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(2) to establish national goals for international 
visitors to the United States, including— 
(A) recommendations for achieving such 
goals and timelines for implementing such rec-
ommendations; 
(B) coordination between Federal and 
State agencies; 
(C) the resources needed by each Govern-
ment agency to achieve such goals; and 
(D) the number of international visitors 
and the value of national travel exports. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) setting a national goal for the number of 
international visitors to the United States is vital for 
aligning Federal tourism policy to support American 
jobs and economic growth; 
(2) setting a national goal for travel exports is 
vital for aligning Federal tourism policy to support 
American jobs, increase travel exports, and improve 
our Nation’s balance of trade; 
(3) the travel industry is an essential part of 
the United States services exports with respect to 
business, education, medical, and leisure travel; 
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(4) the promotion of travel and visitation by the 
Corporation for Travel Promotion (doing business as 
‘‘Brand USA’’) is vital to increasing visitation and 
articulating the visitation laws of the United States; 
and 
(5) there is an urgent need for a coordinated 
travel and tourism industry response and strategy to 
respond to the current state of such industry and fu-
ture unforeseen circumstances that may impact the 
travel and tourism industry. 
SEC. 4. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRAVEL AND TOURISM. 
Section 2(d) of the Reorganization Plan Numbered 
3 of 1979 (93 Stat. 1382; 5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘There shall be in the Depart-
ment two additional Assistant Secretaries’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(1) There shall be in the Department 3 ad-
ditional Assistant Secretaries, including the Assist-
ant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tour-
ism,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Travel and Tourism shall— 
‘‘(A) be appointed by the President, sub-
ject to the advice and consent of the Senate; 
and 
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