Notes on 22 U.S.C. § 2121 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 22 U.S.C. § 2121 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 87-63, title I, Sec. 101, formerly Sec. 1, June 29, 1961,
75 Stat. 129; renumbered and amended Pub. L. 97-63, Sec. 2(a), Oct.
16, 1981, 95 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 102-372, Sec. 5, Sept. 30, 1992,
106 Stat. 1175.)
AMENDMENTS
1992 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102-372, Sec. 5(1), amended par.
(1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows:
"optimize the contribution of the tourism and recreation industries
to economic prosperity, full employment, and the international
balance of payments of the United States;".
Subsec. (b)(2) to (16). Pub. L. 102-372, Sec. 5(2), (3), added
pars. (2) to (5) and redesignated former pars. (2) to (12) as (6)
to (16), respectively.
1981 - Pub. L. 97-63 substituted provisions setting out a
detailed 4-point recital of Congressional findings and establishing
a 12-point national tourism policy for provisions setting out the
former declaration of purpose of this chapter which was to
strengthen the domestic and foreign commerce of the United States,
and promote friendly understanding and appreciation of the United
States by encouraging foreign residents to visit the United States
and by facilitating international travel generally.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT
Section 6 of Pub. L. 97-63 provided that: "The amendments made by
this Act [see Short Title of 1981 Amendment note below] shall take
effect October 1, 1981."
SHORT TITLE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 104-288, Sec. 1, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3402, provided
that: "This Act [enacting sections 2124 and 2141 to 2141f of this
title, amending sections 2122 and 2124c of this title and section
4727 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and repealing sections 2123
to 2123d, 2124 to 2124b, and 2126 to 2129 of this title] may be
cited as the 'United States National Tourism Organization Act of
1996'."
SHORT TITLE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 102-372 provided that: "This Act
[enacting sections 2123a to 2123d and 2124c of this title, amending
this section and sections 2122, 2123, 2124 to 2124b, and 2126 of
this title, repealing sections 2123a and 2123b of this title, and
enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and
sections 2122 and 2124 of this title] may be cited as the 'Tourism
Policy and Export Promotion Act of 1992'."
SHORT TITLE OF 1981 AMENDMENT
Section 1 of Pub. L. 97-63 provided that: "This Act [enacting
sections 2123b, 2124a, and 2124b of this title, amending this
section and sections 2122, 2123, 2123a, 2124, and 2126 of this
title, repealing section 2128 of this title, and enacting,
amending, and repealing provisions set out as notes under this
section] may be cited as the 'National Tourism Policy Act'."
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of Pub. L. 87-63, as amended by Pub. L. 97-63, Sec.
2(a), Oct. 16, 1981, 95 Stat. 1011, provided: "That this Act
[enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'International Travel
Act of 1961'."
Section 8, formerly Sec. 7, of Pub. L. 87-63, as renumbered Pub.
L. 91-477, Sec. 5, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1072, which had formerly
authorized the citation of Pub. L. 87-63 as the "International
Travel Act of 1961", was repealed by Pub. L. 97-63, Sec. 5(b), Oct.
16, 1981, 95 Stat. 1018.
TOURISM POLICY AND EXPORT PROMOTION; CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF
FINDINGS
Section 2 of Pub. L. 102-372 provided that: "The Congress finds
that -
"(1) the travel and tourism industry is the second largest
retail or service industry in the United States;
"(2) travel and tourism receipts make up over 6.7 percent of
the United States gross national product;
"(3) in 1991, the travel and tourism industry generated about
six million jobs directly and about two million five hundred
thousand indirectly;
"(4) travel and tourism expenditures in 1991 were approximately
$352,000,000,000;
"(5) forty-two million international visitors spent
approximately $64,700,000,000 in the United States in 1991;
"(6) travel and tourism services ranked as the largest United
States business services export in 1991, providing a United
States travel trade balance of $16,800,000,000;
"(7) many local communities with significant tourism potential
are unable to realize the economic and employment opportunities
that tourism provides because they lack the necessary local
resources and expertise needed to induce tourism trade;
"(8) increased efforts directed at the promotion of rural
tourism will contribute to the economic development of rural
America and further the conservation and promotion of natural,
scenic, historic, scientific, educational, inspirational, and
recreational resources for future generations of Americans and
foreign visitors;
"(9) foreign tourists entering the United States are frequently
faced with unnecessary delays at the United States border;
"(10) advanced technologies, industrial targeting, the
industrialization of the Third World, and the flight of some
United States manufacturing capacity to overseas locations have
affected the international competitiveness of the United States;
"(11) exporting those goods and services which United States
industry can produce at a comparative cost advantage, such as
travel and tourism services, will be in the Nation's long-term
strategic interest; and
"(12) the emergence of democratic governments in the formerly
Communist nations of Eastern Europe and in the former Soviet
Union provide new opportunities for United States firms engaged
in both the inbound and outbound tourism markets."
NATIONAL TOURISM RESOURCES REVIEW COMMISSION
Pub. L. 91-477, Sec. 6, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1073, provided
that:
"(a) [Establishment; membership]. There is established a
commission to be known as the National Tourism Resources Review
Commission (hereafter in this section referred to as the
'Commission') composed of fifteen members as follows:
"(1) One representative of the Department of Commerce designated
by the Secretary of Commerce.
"(2) One representative of the Department of the Interior
designated by the Secretary of the Interior.
"(3) One representative of the Department of State designated by
the Secretary of State.
"(4) One representative of the Department of Transportation
designated by the Secretary of Transportation.
"(5) Eleven individuals appointed by the President from private
life who are informed about and concerned with the improvement,
development, and promotion of United States tourism resources and
opportunities or who are otherwise experienced in tourism research,
promotion, or planning. The President shall designate one of the
individuals appointed by him to serve as Chairman of the
Commission.
"(b) [Study and investigation; report to President and Congress;
recommendations; termination]. The Commission shall make a full and
complete study and investigation for the purpose of -
"(1) determining the domestic travel needs of the people of the
United States and of visitors from other countries at the present
time and to the year 1980;
"(2) determining the travel resources of the United States
available to satisfy such needs now and to the year 1980;
"(3) determining policies and programs which will insure that
the domestic travel needs of the present and the future are
adequately and efficiently met;
"(4) determining a recommended program of Federal assistance to
the States in promoting domestic travel; and
"(5) determining whether a separate agency of the Government
should be established, or whether an existing department, agency,
or instrumentality within the Government should be designated, to
consolidate and coordinate tourism research, planning, and
development activities presently performed by different existing
agencies of the Government.
The Commission shall submit a comprehensive report of its
activities and the results of such study and investigation,
together with its recommendations with respect thereto, to the
President and to the Congress not later than two years after the
first meeting of the Commission. The Commission shall cease to
exist sixty days after the date of the submission of its
comprehensive report. The comprehensive report of the Commission
shall propose such legislative enactments and administrative
actions as in its judgment are necessary to carry out its
recommendations.
"(c) [Secretarial, clerical, and other assistance by Secretary of
Commerce; information and assistance by Governmental departments
and agencies]. The Secretary of Commerce shall make available to
the Commission such secretarial, clerical, and other assistance as
the Commission may require to carry out its functions under this
section. The Commission is authorized to request from any
department, agency, or independent instrumentality of the
Government any information and assistance it deems necessary to
carry out its functions under this section; and each such
department, agency, and instrumentality is authorized to cooperate
with the Commission and, to the extent permitted by law, to furnish
such information and assistance to the Commission upon request made
by its Chairman.
"(d) [Powers of Commission]. In order to carry out the provisions
of this section, the Commission is authorized -
"(1) to make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend rules and
regulations governing the manner of the operations of the
Commission;
"(2) to appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and
employees as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section and to prescribe their authority and duties; and
"(3) to obtain the services of experts and consultants in
accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code.
"(e) [Compensation and travel expenses]. (1) Members of the
Commission from private life, while engaged in the performance of
their duties as members of the Commission, shall receive
compensation at a rate to be fixed by the President, not to exceed
$100 each day, including traveltime, and shall, while so serving
away from their homes or regular places of business, be entitled to
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as
authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for
persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
"(2) Members of the Commission who are officers or employees of
the United States shall serve without additional compensation, but
shall be entitled to travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United
States Code, for persons in the Government service employed
intermittently.
"(f) [Authorization of appropriations]. There are authorized to
be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $750,000, as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section."