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Senate Bill 3831
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Visit America Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 21, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 21, 2020
Latest Action
Sep 16, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
3831
Congress
116
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Dan Sullivan
Alaska
Republican
Lisa Murkowski
Alaska
Democrat
Brian Schatz
Hawaii
Independent
Angus King
Maine
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Visit America Act

This bill implements measures to support the U.S. travel and tourism industry and to address the declining percentage of international visitors to the United States.

Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Commerce to develop a 10-year travel and tourism strategy with the goal of achieving, by 2028, 116 million annual international visitors to the United States and $445 billion in travel exports.

The bill also establishes the role of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, whose responsibilities shall include (1) setting an annual goal for the number of international visitors to the United States, (2) providing support for improved visitor visa processing, and (3) promoting travel exports abroad.

Further, the assistant secretary must develop and implement a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic recovery strategy to assist the recovery of the U.S. travel and tourism industry from travel restrictions necessitated by the pandemic.

The bill also provides statutory authority for the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, which shall aid the assistant secretary in developing and implementing the COVID-19 pandemic recovery strategy.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
May 21, 2020
Related Bills (1)
Oct 01, 2020
Introduced in House
13
Sponsorship
House Bill 8480
Visit America Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (3)
09/16/2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
05/21/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
05/21/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:42:36 PM
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