Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 31 — International Travel
§ 2123. Office of Travel Promotion
Statutory text
Office established
There is established within the Department of Commerce an office to be known as the Office of Travel Promotion.
Director
Appointment
The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
Qualifications
The Director shall be a citizen of the United States and have experience in a field directly related to the promotion of travel to and within the United States.
Duties
The Director shall be responsible for ensuring the office is carrying out its functions effectively and shall report to the Secretary.
Functions
The Office shall—
serve as liaison to the Corporation for Travel Promotion established by subsection (b) of section 11 of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 1 and support and encourage the development of programs to increase the number of international visitors to the United States for business, leisure, educational, medical, exchange, and other purposes;
work with the Corporation, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security—
to disseminate information more effectively to potential international visitors about documentation and procedures required for admission to the United States as a visitor;
to ensure that arriving international visitors are generally welcomed with accurate information and in an inviting manner;
to collect accurate data on the total number of international visitors that visit each State; and
enhance the entry and departure experience for international visitors through the use of advertising, signage, and customer service; and
support State, regional, and private sector initiatives to promote travel to and within the United States.
Reports to Congress
Within a year after , and periodically thereafter as appropriate, the Secretary shall transmit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, and the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs describing the Office’s work with the Corporation, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out subsection (c)(2).
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
International Travel Act of 1961
Pub. L. 87–63 title II § 202 · 75 Stat. 129
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2123
Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L. 111–145, § 9(i), formerly § 9(g), Mar. 4, 2010, 124 Stat. 63
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L. 111–145, § 9(i), formerly § 9(g), Mar. 4, 2010, 124 Stat. 63
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Subsection (b) of section 11 of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), probably should be a reference to subsection (b) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, which is classified to section 2131(b) of this title.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2123, Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 202, formerly § 3, , 75 Stat. 130; Pub. L. 91–477, §§ 1, 2, , 84 Stat. 1071, 1072; renumbered and amended Pub. L. 97–63, § 3(c), (d), (e)(1), , 95 Stat. 1012, 1013; Pub. L. 102–372, §§ 4(n), 6(b), (c), 7, 8(b), , 106 Stat. 1174, 1176, 1178, enumerated duties of Secretary of Commerce in carrying out national tourism policy, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–288, § 9(a), , 110 Stat. 3407.
Credits
2010–2014 · 2 acts
- 2010Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L. 111–145, § 9(i), formerly § 9(g), , 124 Stat. 63
- 2014renumbered 9(i), Pub. L. 113–235, div. B, title VI, § 606(1), , 128 Stat. 2219.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L. 111–145, § 9(i), formerly § 9(g), , 124 Stat. 63; renumbered 9(i), Pub. L. 113–235, div. B, title VI, § 606(1), , 128 Stat. 2219.)