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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Result: Bill Passed - September 09, 2009

Roll call number 272 in the Senate

Question: On Passage of the Bill (S.1023 As Amended)

Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes: 79%
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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 t
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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.

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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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09/14/09
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

Source: The Heritage Foundation
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09/14/09
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. ...

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09/11/09
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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11/30/10
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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11/19/10
Veräußerung einer Personengesellschaft | Doppelbesteuerung

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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