HR 3232 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Travel Promotion Act of 2008

Introduced Jul 31, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Bill Delahunt D-MA

Latest action · Oct 2, 2008 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1113.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJul 31, 2007
Passed HouseSep 25, 2008
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Travel Promotion Act of 2008 - Establishes the Corporation for Travel Promotion as a nonprofit corporation that is not an agency or establishment of the U.S. government. Makes the Corporation subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Corporation shall not engage in any lobbying activities with any employee or branch of the federal government.

Requires the Corporation, among other things, to provide information to people interested in traveling to the United States, identify and address perceptions in other countries regarding U.S. entry policies, and promote U.S. travel.

Requires annual reports from the Corporation to the Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security, for transmittal to Congress.

Establishes in the Treasury the Travel Promotion Fund. Sets forth funding and matching funds provisions.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to collect a user fee of at least $10 from each alien utilizing the electronic travel authorization system for alien travel to the United States, to be used to offset appropriations made to the Corporation.

Prohibits amounts raised by the Fund or the Corporation from being used to directly promote or advertise a specific corporation.

Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to replace references to the United States National Tourism Organization with references to the Corporation. Modifies various requirements applicable to the Tourism Policy Council, including membership, meetings, and the provision of tourism information.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 to remove provisions establishing the United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board.

Directs the Government Accountability Office to: (1) initiate a study to assess barriers to entry into the United States by foreign travelers; and (2) report study findings to the appropriate congressional committees.

Cosponsors 244

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 31, 2007 to Sep 15, 2008; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Original	Jul 31, 2007
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Jul 31, 2007
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Jul 31, 2007
R-NV	Jon C. Porter	Original	Jul 31, 2007
R-TX	Lamar Smith	Original	Jul 31, 2007
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez	Original	Jul 31, 2007
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Jul 31, 2007
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel	Original	Jul 31, 2007
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	Jul 31, 2007
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Jul 31, 2007
R-FL	Tom Feeney	Original	Jul 31, 2007
D-MA	Barney Frank		Sep 14, 2007
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Sep 14, 2007
R-FL	Ric Keller		Sep 14, 2007
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Sep 14, 2007
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Sep 24, 2007
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Sep 24, 2007
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Sep 24, 2007
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Sep 24, 2007
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Sep 24, 2007
D-IN	Julia Carson		Sep 24, 2007
D-AR	Mike Ross		Sep 24, 2007
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Sep 24, 2007
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Sep 24, 2007
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Oct 1, 2007
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Oct 1, 2007
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Oct 1, 2007
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Oct 1, 2007
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Oct 1, 2007
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Oct 1, 2007
R-CA	George Radanovich		Oct 1, 2007
R-OR	Greg Walden		Oct 1, 2007
D-NC	Heath Shuler		Oct 1, 2007
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Oct 1, 2007
D-CA	Lois Capps		Oct 1, 2007
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Oct 1, 2007
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 1, 2007
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Oct 1, 2007
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Oct 1, 2007
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Oct 1, 2007
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Oct 1, 2007
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Oct 1, 2007
D-FL	Tim Mahoney		Oct 1, 2007
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Oct 5, 2007
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Oct 5, 2007
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Oct 5, 2007
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Oct 5, 2007
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Oct 5, 2007
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Oct 5, 2007
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Oct 5, 2007
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Oct 5, 2007
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Oct 5, 2007
R-MI	Fred Upton		Oct 5, 2007
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Oct 5, 2007
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Oct 5, 2007
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Oct 5, 2007
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Oct 5, 2007
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Oct 5, 2007
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Oct 5, 2007
D-GA	John Barrow		Oct 5, 2007
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Oct 5, 2007
R-IN	Mike Pence		Oct 5, 2007
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Oct 5, 2007
D-FL	Ron Klein		Oct 5, 2007
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Oct 5, 2007
D-OH	Zachary T. Space		Oct 5, 2007
D-CA	Bob Filner		Oct 10, 2007
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Oct 10, 2007
D-AZ	Gabrielle Giffords		Oct 10, 2007
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Oct 10, 2007
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Oct 10, 2007
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Oct 12, 2007
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Oct 12, 2007
D-OH	Charles A. Wilson		Oct 12, 2007
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		Oct 12, 2007
R-FL	Dave Weldon		Oct 12, 2007
D-GA	David Scott		Oct 12, 2007
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Oct 12, 2007
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Oct 12, 2007
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Oct 12, 2007
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Oct 12, 2007
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Oct 12, 2007
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Oct 12, 2007
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand		Oct 12, 2007
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Oct 12, 2007
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Oct 12, 2007
R-OK	Mary Fallin		Oct 12, 2007
D-NY	Michael A. Arcuri		Oct 12, 2007
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Oct 12, 2007
D-PA	Christopher P. Carney		Oct 22, 2007
D-OR	David Wu		Oct 22, 2007
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Oct 22, 2007
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Oct 22, 2007
R-NC	Howard Coble		Oct 22, 2007
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Oct 22, 2007
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Oct 22, 2007
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Oct 22, 2007
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Oct 22, 2007
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Oct 22, 2007
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Oct 22, 2007
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Oct 22, 2007
R-GA	Tom Price		Oct 22, 2007
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Oct 22, 2007
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Oct 22, 2007
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Oct 22, 2007
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Oct 29, 2007
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Oct 29, 2007
D-NC	David E. Price		Oct 29, 2007
R-IL	John Shimkus		Oct 29, 2007
D-CO	Mark Udall		Oct 29, 2007
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Oct 29, 2007
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Oct 29, 2007
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Oct 29, 2007
D-PA	Tim Holden		Oct 29, 2007
D-WA	Adam Smith		Nov 5, 2007
D-WA	Brian Baird		Nov 5, 2007
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Nov 5, 2007
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Nov 5, 2007
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Nov 5, 2007
R-NY	Peter T. King		Nov 5, 2007
R-PA	Phil English		Nov 5, 2007
R-OK	Tom Cole		Nov 5, 2007
R-VA	Tom Davis		Nov 5, 2007
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Nov 9, 2007
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Nov 9, 2007
R-FL	John L. Mica		Nov 9, 2007
D-MA	John W. Olver		Nov 9, 2007
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Nov 9, 2007
D-TX	Al Green		Dec 4, 2007
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Dec 4, 2007
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Dec 4, 2007
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Dec 4, 2007
R-AZ	Rick Renzi		Dec 4, 2007
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Dec 6, 2007
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Dec 6, 2007
R-NE	Lee Terry		Dec 6, 2007
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Dec 6, 2007
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Dec 6, 2007
R-KY	Ron Lewis		Dec 6, 2007
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Dec 6, 2007
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Dec 6, 2007
D-NM	Tom Udall		Dec 6, 2007
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Dec 12, 2007
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Dec 12, 2007
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Dec 12, 2007
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Dec 13, 2007
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Dec 13, 2007
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Dec 19, 2007
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Dec 19, 2007
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Dec 19, 2007
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Jan 17, 2008
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean		Jan 17, 2008
R-CA	Wally Herger		Jan 17, 2008
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Jan 29, 2008
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jan 29, 2008
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Jan 29, 2008
R-NY	Vito Fossella		Feb 7, 2008
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Feb 14, 2008
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Feb 27, 2008
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Feb 27, 2008
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Feb 27, 2008
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Feb 27, 2008
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Mar 10, 2008
D-OK	Dan Boren		Mar 10, 2008
R-CA	Mary Bono		Mar 10, 2008
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Mar 10, 2008
R-SC	Bob Inglis		Mar 13, 2008
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Mar 13, 2008
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Mar 13, 2008
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Mar 13, 2008
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Apr 2, 2008
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Apr 2, 2008
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Apr 2, 2008
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Apr 10, 2008
R-AR	John Boozman		Apr 10, 2008
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Apr 10, 2008
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Apr 10, 2008
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Apr 17, 2008
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Apr 17, 2008
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Apr 23, 2008
D-CA	Jane Harman		Apr 23, 2008
R-LA	Jim McCrery		Apr 23, 2008
R-TX	John R. Carter		Apr 23, 2008
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Apr 30, 2008
D-NC	Brad Miller		Apr 30, 2008
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Apr 30, 2008
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Apr 30, 2008
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Apr 30, 2008
D-GA	John Lewis		Apr 30, 2008
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Apr 30, 2008
D-IN	André Carson		May 1, 2008
R-TN	David Davis		May 1, 2008
D-MO	Ike Skelton		May 1, 2008
D-IL	Bill Foster		May 8, 2008
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		May 8, 2008
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		May 8, 2008
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		May 14, 2008
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		May 14, 2008
D-CA	Maxine Waters		May 14, 2008
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		May 21, 2008
R-IL	Jerry Weller		May 22, 2008
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		May 22, 2008
D-CA	Jim Costa		May 22, 2008
R-TX	Kay Granger		May 22, 2008
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		May 22, 2008
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		May 22, 2008
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Jun 3, 2008
R-OK	John Sullivan		Jun 3, 2008
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jun 3, 2008
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jun 4, 2008
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jun 4, 2008
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Jun 4, 2008
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jun 10, 2008
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jun 10, 2008
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jun 10, 2008
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Jun 25, 2008
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Jun 25, 2008
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jun 25, 2008
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		Jun 25, 2008
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Jun 25, 2008
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 25, 2008
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Jun 25, 2008
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Jun 25, 2008
D-WI	Steve Kagen		Jun 25, 2008
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Jul 10, 2008
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jul 10, 2008
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jul 10, 2008
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Jul 10, 2008
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Jul 10, 2008
D-LA	Donald J. Cazayoux Jr.		Jul 31, 2008
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jul 31, 2008
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Jul 31, 2008
D-AZ	Harry E. Mitchell		Aug 1, 2008
R-IN	Steve Buyer		Aug 1, 2008
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Sep 10, 2008
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Sep 10, 2008
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Sep 10, 2008
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Sep 10, 2008
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Sep 10, 2008
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Sep 15, 2008
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Sep 15, 2008
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Sep 15, 2008
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Sep 15, 2008
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Sep 15, 2008

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jul 31, 2007Markup Sep 23, 2008
	Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee	Referred Jul 31, 2007Hearings Sep 12, 2008Markup Sep 16, 2008Reported Sep 16, 2008
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jul 31, 2007
	Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee	Referred Sep 10, 2007
House	Homeland Security Committee	Referred Jul 31, 2007
	Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee	Referred Aug 7, 2007

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 2, 2008Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1113.
Sep 26, 2008Received in the Senate.
Sep 25, 2008Mr. Rush moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 25, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9929-9934)
Sep 25, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3232.

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In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2098	Bill Delahunt D-MA	Sep 28, 2008
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2087	Sam Farr D-CA	Sep 27, 2008
House	Debate and remarks H9929–H9934Text printed H9929–H9931	Bill Delahunt D-MA, Bobby L. Rush D-IL, John D. Dingell D-MI, Lee Terry R-NE, Rahm Emanuel D-IL, Ric Keller R-FL, Roy Blunt R-MO, Sam Farr D-CA	Sep 25, 2008

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 110-146	ECONOMIC AND SECURITY CONCERNS IN TOURISM AND COMMERCE: H.R. 3232 AND H.R. 1776187 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Sep 11, 2008

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1661	Travel Promotion Act of 2007	Related bill	Nov 27, 2007

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel to the United States.
Short Titles as Introduced: Travel Promotion Act of 2007
Short Titles as Passed House: Travel Promotion Act of 2008

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 3

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