S 195 — American Music Tourism Act of 2025

changes in existing law made by 
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CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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DIVISION BB--CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE

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 TITLE VI--TRAVEL AND TOURISM

 [15 U.S.C. 9801]

SEC. 600. DEFINED TERM.

 [In this title, the term ``COVID-19 public health 
emergency''--]
 In this title:
 (1) COVID-19 public health emergency.--The term 
 ``COVID-19 public health emergency''--
 [(1)](A) means the public health emergency first 
 declared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of 
 Health and Human Services under section 319 of the 
 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect 
 to COVID-19; and
 [(2)](B) includes any renewal of such declaration 
 pursuant to such section 319.
 (2) Music tourism.--The term ``music tourism'' 
 means--
 (A) the act of traveling to a State or 
 locality to visit historic or modern day music-
 related attractions, including museums, 
 studios, venues of all sizes, and other sites 
 related to music; or
 (B) the act of traveling to a State or 
 locality to attend a music festival, a concert, 
 or other live musical performance or music-
 related special event.

 Subtitle A--Travel Promotion

[Visit America Act]

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 [15 U.S.C. 9803(b)-(f)]

SEC. 605. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR 
 TRAVEL AND TOURISM.

 (a) * * *
 (b) Domestic Travel and Tourism.--The Assistant Secretary, to 
the extent feasible, shall--
 (1) evaluate, on an ongoing basis, domestic policy 
 options for supporting competitiveness with respect to 
 the strengths, weaknesses, and growth of the domestic 
 travel industry;
 (2) develop recommendations and goals to support and 
 enhance domestic tourism, separated by business and 
 leisure[; and];
 (3) engage public and private stakeholders to support 
 domestic tourism[.]; and
 (4) identify locations and events in the United 
 States that are important to music tourism and 
 facilitate and promote domestic travel and tourism to 
 those locations and events.
 (c) * * *
 [(d) Facilitation of International Business Travel.--The 
Assistant Secretary, in coordination with relevant Federal 
agencies, shall strive to increase and facilitate international 
business travel to the United States and ensure competitiveness 
by--
 [(1) facilitating large meetings, incentives, 
 conferences, and exhibitions in the United States;
 [(2) emphasizing rural and other destinations in the 
 United States that are rich in cultural heritage or 
 ecological tourism, among other uniquely American 
 destinations, as locations for hosting international 
 meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions; and
 [(3) facilitating sports and recreation events and 
 activities in the United States.]
 (d) Facilitation of International Business and Leisure 
Travel.--The Assistant Secretary, in coordination with relevant 
Federal agencies, shall strive to increase and facilitate 
international business and leisure travel to the United States 
and ensure competitiveness by--
 (1) facilitating large meetings, incentives, 
 conferences, and exhibitions in the United States;
 (2) emphasizing rural and other destinations in the 
 United States that are rich in cultural heritage or 
 ecological tourism, among other uniquely American 
 destinations, as locations for hosting international 
 meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions;
 (3) facilitating and promoting international travel 
 and tourism to sports and recreation events and 
 activities in the United States; and
 (4) identifying locations and events in the United 
 States that are important to music tourism and 
 facilitating and promoting international travel and 
 tourism to those locations and events.
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 (f) Reporting Requirements.--
 (1) Assistant secretary.--The Assistant Secretary, 
 subject to the availability of appropriations, shall 
 produce an annual forecasting report on the travel and 
 tourism industry, which shall include current and 
 anticipated--
 (A) domestic employment needs;
 (B) international inbound volume and 
 spending, taking into account the lasting 
 effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency 
 and the impact of the recovery strategy 
 implemented pursuant to subsection (e)(1); and
 (C) domestic volume and spending, including 
 Federal and State public land travel and 
 tourism data.
 (2) Bureau of economic analysis.--The Director of the 
 Bureau of Economic Analysis, subject to the 
 availability of appropriations and to the extent 
 feasible, should make quarterly updates to the Travel 
 and Tourism Satellite Accounts, including--
 (A) State-level travel and tourism spending 
 data;
 (B) travel and tourism workforce data for 
 full-time and part-time employment; and
 (C) Federal and State public lands outdoor 
 recreational activity and tourism spending 
 data.
 (3) National travel and tourism office.--The Director 
 of the National Travel and Tourism Office--
 (A) in partnership with the Bureau of 
 Economic Analysis and other relevant Federal 
 agencies, shall provide a monthly report on 
 international arrival and spending data to--
 (i) the Travel and Tourism Advisory 
 Board; and
 (ii) the public through a publicly 
 accessible website; and
 (B) shall include questions in the Survey of 
 International Air Travelers regarding wait-
 times, visits to public lands, and State data, 
 to the extent applicable.
 (4) Report on goals relating to domestic and 
 international travel.--Not later than 1 year after the 
 date of enactment of the American Music Tourism Act of 
 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, the Assistant 
 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
 Representatives a report of activities, findings, 
 achievements, and vulnerabilities relating to the goals 
 described in subsections (a) through (d).

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