S.1023 - Travel Promotion Act of 2009
A bill to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United States. view all titles (4)
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- Official: A bill to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United States. as introduced.
- Short: Travel Promotion Act of 2009 as introduced.
- Short: Travel Promotion Act of 2009 as reported to senate.
- Short: Travel Promotion Act of 2009 as passed senate.
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Latest Vote
Roll call number 272 in the Senate
Question: On Passage of the Bill (S.1023 As Amended)
Democrats Voting 'Aye'
Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
Evan Bayh
Sen. Mark Begich [D, AK]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
Roland Burris
Robert Byrd
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
Christopher Dodd
Byron Dorgan
Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
Russell Feingold
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
Sen. Al Franken [D, MN]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
Sen. Kay Hagan [D, NC]
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
Edward Kaufman
Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
Blanche Lincoln
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D, OR]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
Sen. John Rockefeller [D, WV]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D, NH]
Arlen Specter
Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
Sen. Mark Udall [D, CO]
Sen. Tom Udall [D, NM]
Sen. Mark Warner [D, VA]
Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
Republicans Voting 'Aye'
Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY]
Robert Bennett
Christopher Bond
Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
Sen. Mike Johanns [R, NE]
Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
Mel Martinez
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
George Voinovich
Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS]
Republicans Voting 'Abstain'
Others Voting 'Abstain'
Official Summary
9/9/2009--Passed Senate amended. Travel Promotion Act of 2009 - Establishes the Corporation for Travel Promotion as an independent nonprofit corporation. Makes the Corporation subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act. Expresses the sense of Congress tOfficial Summary
9/9/2009--Passed Senate amended. Travel Promotion Act of 2009 - Establishes the Corporation for Travel Promotion as an independent nonprofit corporation. Makes the Corporation subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Corporation should not engage in lobbying activities. Requires the Corporation, among other things, to provide useful information to people interested in traveling to the United States, counter and correct misperceptions regarding U.S. entry policy, and promote U.S. travel. Requires the Corporation to develop and maintain a publicly accessible website. Requires the Corporation to establish annual objectives and an annual marketing plan and to submit an annual Corporation activities report to Congress. Establishes in the Treasury the Travel Promotion Fund and requires non-federal matching funds. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require (under current law, authorize) the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish and collect a fee for the use of an electronic data sharing system concerning the admissibility of certain aliens into the United States that will ensure recovery of the full costs of providing and administering such system. Terminates such fee following FY2014. Authorizes the Corporation to impose an annual assessment on U.S. members of the travel and tourism industry represented on the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to establish in the Department of Commerce the Office of Travel Promotion, to be headed by a Director. Requires that the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries expand its research and development activities to promote international travel to the United States. Authorizes appropriations....Read the Rest
Organizations Supporting S.1023
- U.S. Travel Association
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Walt Disney Company
- Carlson Hotels Worldwide
- Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
Organizations Opposing S.1023
- None via MapLight at this time.
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How Not to Increase U.S. Tourism
...week, the U.S. Senate's passed S. 1023, the "Travel Promotion Act of 2009" (TPA). This legislation, if it passes the House, could, ironically, make foreigners less inclined to visit the United States. By imposing fees on travelers applying for travel to
RE: S.1023
To fund these new government entities, Section 5 of S.1023 sets up "Travel Promotion Fund Fees," which will also fund the ESTA program. ...
How they voted Sept 12., 2009
US travel promotion: The Senate has passed the Travel Promotion Act (S. 1023), sponsored by Sen. Byron Dorgan, DN.D., that will establish a nonprofit ...
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Harry Reid &Senate Democrats in the Newsroom « Point/Counterpoint
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that it would reduce the deficit by $425 million over the next decade. [U.S. Travel Association, Get America's Economy Back on Track; Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate, S. 1023; ...
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B. Vogel, IStR 2007, 225, 228; Thiel in Kessler/Förster/Watrin [Hrsg.], Unternehmensbesteuerung, Festschrift für Herzig, 2010, S. 1023). Das gilt auch im Hinblick auf Art. 23 Abs. 1 Buchst. a Satz 1 DBA-Spanien. ...
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