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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Travel Regional Investment
Partnership Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The importance of travel and tourism cannot be
overstated: travel and tourism employs America.
(2) Approximately 8,300,000 domestic jobs depend on the
travel and tourism industry.
(3) The United States travel and tourism industry--
(A) generates more than $691,000,000,000 annually
in direct spending, of which more than 85 percent is
the result of domestic travel; and
(B) generates more than $1,200,000,000,000 in total
spending, if indirect spending is included.
(4) The travel and tourism industry accounts for 2.6
percent of the Nation's gross domestic product, nearly 4 times
that of the automotive industry.
(5) Domestic employment related to the travel and tourism
industry cannot be outsourced to other countries.
(6) The current economic downturn has created the most
difficult economic environment for the domestic travel and
tourism industry since the period following the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001.
(7) Travel and tourism revenues dropped by nearly
$130,000,000,000 during 2009. The domestic tourism economy has
fallen by nearly 4.5 percent during 2009, twice the rate of the
overall economy of the United States.
(8) Domestic spending on travel and tourism has been in
decline since the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008, while
employment in the travel and tourism industry has been falling
since the second quarter of such year.
(9) Public-private partnerships have been underutilized in
the promotion of travel and tourism and are a dynamic tool in
creating new domestic tourism markets and promoting domestic
regional tourism growth.

SEC. 3. DOMESTIC REGIONAL TOURISM GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a
competitive grant program, to be administered by the Office of Travel
and Tourism Industries, to promote domestic regional tourism growth and
new domestic tourism market creation.
(b) Range of Grant Monetary Amounts.--The amount of each grant
awarded under this section shall be at least $100,000 and not more than
$1,000,000.
(c) Grantee Eligibility Requirements.--
(1) Eligible entities.--Grants may be awarded under this
section to--
(A) State tourism offices;
(B) local convention and visitors bureaus; and
(C) partnerships between a State or local
government and local tourism entities.
(2) Regional diversity.--In awarding grants under this
section, the Secretary may consider--
(A) giving priority to regions with low
contributions to tourism marketing;
(B) maintaining regional diversity of grant
recipients; and
(C) providing benefits to rural and less-marketed
destinations.
(3) Use of funds.--Grants awarded under this section may be
used to--
(A) promote domestic regional tourism growth; and
(B) create new domestic tourism markets.
(4) Application process.--
(A) Submission.--An eligible entity seeking a grant
under this section shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such form, and with such
information and assurances as the Secretary may
require.
(B) Contents.--Each application submitted under
subparagraph (A) shall include--
(i) a description of the tourist promotion
activities to be funded by the grant; and
(ii) in the case of a partnership between a
State or local government and local tourism
entities--
(I) a list of the specific tourist
entities that such government has
partnered with in order promote tourism
within the relevant domestic region;
(II) the details of the partnership
agreement;
(III) specific information
explaining how such partnership will
increase regional tourism; and
(IV) the anticipated positive
impact of the partnership on job
creation and employment in the relevant
domestic region.
(d) Matching Requirement.--
(1) Non-federal funds.--As a condition for receiving a
grant under this section, the grant recipient shall provide,
either directly or through donations from public or private
entities, non-Federal matching funds, in cash or in-kind, in an
amount equal to the amount of the grant.
(2) Special rule for in-kind donations.--Of the amount of
non-Federal matching funds required under paragraph (1), not
more than 25 percent may be provided through in-kind
contributions.
(e) Reports.--Not later than 6 months after the end of each fiscal
year in which grants are awarded by the Secretary under this section,
the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that details--
(1) travel-generated expenditures;
(2) travel-generated tax receipts; and
(3) travel-generated employment.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Local tourist entity.--The term ''local tourist
entity'' means any public or private sector business engaged in
tourism-related activities.
(2) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Commerce.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated, for each of the first 5 fiscal years beginning after the
date of the enactment of this Act, $10,000,000, which shall be used for
grants under this section and shall remain available until expended.
A:
Travel Regional Investment Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a competitive grant program, administered by the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, to award grants to eligible entities (such as state tourism offices, local convention and visitors bureaus, and partnerships between a state or local government and local tourism entities) to promote domestic regional tourism growth and new domestic tourism market creation.