(B) the assessment is approved by a ma-
jority of those voting in the referendum; and 
(C) the Corporation determines the results 
of the referendum on the basis of weighted vot-
ing apportioned according to the anticipated fi-
nancial contribution made by each voting entity. 
(2) PROCEDURAL
REQUIREMENTS.—In con-
ducting a referendum under this subsection, the Cor-
poration shall— 
(A) provide written or electronic notice not 
less than 60 days before the date of the ref-
erendum; and 
(B) describe the proposed assessment or 
increase and explain the reasons for the ref-
erendum in the notice. 
(d) COLLECTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall estab-
lish a means of collecting the assessment that it 
finds to be efficient and effective. The Corporation 
may establish a late payment charge and rate of in-
terest to be imposed on any person who fails to 
remit or pay to the Corporation any amount as-
sessed by the Corporation under this Act. 
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Corporation may 
bring suit in Federal court to compel compliance 
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with an assessment levied by the Corporation under 
this Act. 
(e) INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.—Pending disbursement 
pursuant to a program, plan, or project, the Corporation 
may invest funds collected through assessments, and any 
other funds received by the Corporation, only in obliga-
tions of the United States or any agency thereof, in gen-
eral obligations of any State or any political subdivision 
thereof, in any interest-bearing account or certificate of 
deposit of a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve 
System, or in obligations fully guaranteed as to principal 
and interest by the United States. 
SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL 
ACT OF 1961. 
(a) POWERS AND DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF COM-
MERCE.—Section 201 of the International Travel Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2122) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence of the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and by the United States 
National Tourism Organization Act of 1996’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘United States National 
Tourism Organization’’ and inserting ‘‘Corpora-
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tion for Travel Promotion (established by sec-
tion 3 of the Travel Promotion Act of 2008)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘United 
States National Tourism Organization’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Corporation for Travel Promotion’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Such plan may not include a comprehensive international 
advertising campaign relating to critical tourism func-
tions.’’. 
(b) TOURISM POLICY COUNCIL.— 
(1) MEMBERSHIP.—Subsection (b) of section 
301 of the International Travel Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2124) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (8) through 
(10); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (11) as 
paragraph (13); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(8) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(9) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection of the Department of Homeland 
Security. 
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‘‘(10) The Assistant Secretary of U.S. Customs 
and Immigration Enforcement of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
‘‘(11) The Secretary of Education.’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (13) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph), by insert-
ing ‘‘, in consultation with other members of 
the Council’’ at the end before the period. 
(2) MEETINGS.—Subsection (d) of such section 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) The Council shall meet not less than 2 times 
a year. For the purposes of conducting business, each 
member of the Council may appoint a designee to rep-
resent such member during one or more meetings of the 
Council.’’. 
(3) INVOLVEMENT OF FEDERAL AGENCIES AND 
DEPARTMENTS.—Subsection (e) of such section is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Members of the Council shall provide the Cor-
poration for Travel Promotion with timely information re-
garding documentation and procedures required for ad-
mission to the United States and regarding strategies 
planned by any Federal department or agency to promote 
travel to the United States for tourism, business, study, 
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scholarship, scientific exchange, or other purposes, so that 
the Corporation for Travel Promotion may better conduct 
its communications and promotion activities.’’. 
(4) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Subsection (g)(3) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘United States 
National Tourism Organization’’ and inserting ‘‘Cor-
poration for Travel Promotion’’. 
(5) APPLICABILITY
OF
FEDERAL
ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE ACT.—Subsection (h) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘President of the United States 
National Tourism Organization’’ and inserting 
‘‘President of the Corporation for Travel Pro-
motion’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE 
UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM PROMOTION AD-
VISORY BOARD.—Section 210 of the Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 
(contained in title II of division B of Public Law 108– 
7; 117 Stat. 78–79; 22 U.S.C. 2122 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (b) through (d); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
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