I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3232 
To establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry 
policies and otherwise promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel 
to the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2007 
Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. FARR, Mr. PORTER, Mr. EMAN-
UEL, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. 
SMITH
of Texas, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. STEARNS, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, and Mr. FEENEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committees on the Judiciary and 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United 
States entry policies and otherwise promote tourist, busi-
ness, and scholarly travel to the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Travel Promotion Act of 2007’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. The Corporation for Travel Promotion. 
Sec. 4. Accountability measures. 
Sec. 5. Matching public and private funding. 
Sec. 6. Travel Promotion Fund fees. 
Sec. 7. Investment of Funds. 
Sec. 8. Amendments to the International Travel Act of 1961. 
Sec. 9. Definitions. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Securing the borders of the United States 
and facilitating international travel to the United 
States are not mutually exclusive. 
(2) As part of the effort to protect the people 
of the United States from attacks by al-Qaeda and 
other foreign groups opposed to our policies in the 
predominantly Muslim regions of the world, Con-
gress and the Administration tightened the entry 
process to the United States after the attacks of 
September 11, 2001. 
(3) As confirmed by a large-scale random poll 
in four Muslim nations in 2007 by the Program on 
International Policy Attitudes, an improved image of 
the United States abroad damages the ability of al- 
Qaeda and similar groups to recruit and to operate. 
(4) Foreign nationals who have visited the 
United States tend to give more favorable ratings to 
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the United States than foreign nationals who have 
not visited the United States, with scientific polls by 
such firms as the Pew Research Center and Zogby 
International consistently finding a roughly 10 per-
centage point increase for travelers, and even their 
friends and family members rate the United States 
significantly more favorably than do other nonvisi-
tors. 
(5) Inviting and facilitating travel to the United 
States by tourists, business people, students, and 
scholars will not only help improve our image 
abroad, but will produce significant domestic eco-
nomic benefits. 
(6) The tightening of the entry process to the 
United States after September 11, 2001, is partly 
responsible for the number of international travelers 
to the United States in the six years from 2001 to 
2006, as recorded by the Department of Commerce, 
being 56,000,000, or 17 percent, lower than the ex-
pected number of international travelers during that 
period, based on the trend from the previous six 
years. 
(7) Department of Commerce estimates for 
spending by international travelers indicate that 
these 56,000,000 expected travelers would have 
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spent $98,000,000,000 (valued in 2007 dollars) in 
the United States. 
(8) Universities in the United States have fre-
quently reported since 2001 that potential foreign 
enrollees have chosen to study in other countries be-
cause of a perception that there would have been 
delays in visa approval and an unpleasant entry 
process. 
(9) Scientists and scholars in the United States 
have frequently reported since 2001 that inter-
national conferences that might have been held in 
the United States are held elsewhere, because of a 
perception that participation will be reduced by 
delays in visa approval and an unpleasant entry 
process. 
(10) Businesses in the United States have fre-
quently reported since 2001 that delays and denials 
for visa applications for short-term visits by current 
and prospective employees, consultants, and inves-
tors have significantly hampered their international 
competitiveness. 
(11) It is in the national interest of the United 
States that there be a coordinated effort to identify 
perceptions regarding the United States entry policy 
that tend to limit the number of international trav-
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elers to the United States, to communicate facts 
about the entry policy to potential travelers that will 
encourage them to travel to the United States, and 
to promote generally travel to the United States by 
tourists, business people, students, and scholars. 
SEC. 3. THE CORPORATION FOR TRAVEL PROMOTION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation for Travel 
Promotion is established as a nonprofit corporation. The 
Corporation shall not be an agency or establishment of 
the United States Government. The Corporation shall be 
subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Non-
profit Corporation Act (sec. 29–301.01 et seq., D.C. Offi-
cial Code), to the extent that such provisions are con-
sistent with this section, and shall have the powers con-
ferred upon a nonprofit corporation by that Act to carry 
out its purposes and activities. 
(b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall have 
a board of directors of 14 members, appointed by 
the Secretary of Commerce after consultation with 
the Secretaries of Homeland Security, State, and 
Education, each of whom is a United States citizen, 
and of whom— 
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