Brand USA Extension Act

IB Union Calendar No. 299 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3851 [Report No. 116–376, Part I] To extend funding for Brand USA through fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 18, 2019 Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. LONG) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned JANUARY 13, 2020 Additional sponsors: Mr. WALDEN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. STANTON, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. BLU- MENAUER, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SOTO, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CORREA, Mr. DUNN, Mr. CASE, Ms. PINGREE, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Mr. WESTERMAN, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. PETERS, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. TIPTON, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. KATKO, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. TONKO, Ms. SHALALA, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. UPTON, Mr. RUTH- ERFORD, Mr. TRONE, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. CRIST, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. BACON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. HUIZENGA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. KEATING, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. STEVENS, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. ROUDA, Mrs. VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:36 Jan 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3851.RH H3851 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3851 RH NAPOLITANO, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. GOODEN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. SPANO, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SMITH of Mis- souri, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. POCAN, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BUCSHON, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. AXNE, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TURNER, Mr. LATTA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. COOPER, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. COLE, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. ADERHOLT, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KIM, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. LAMB, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. WILD, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Ms. DEAN, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. SLOTKIN, and Mr. ALLRED JANUARY 13, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] JANUARY 13, 2020 Committee on Homeland Security discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 19, 2019] A BILL To extend funding for Brand USA through fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:14 Jan 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3851.RH H3851 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3851 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Brand USA Extension 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. THE CORPORATION FOR TRAVEL PROMOTION. 6 Subsection (b) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 7 U.S.C. 2131(b)) is amended— 8 (1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 9 (A) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or 10 foodservice’’ after ‘‘restaurant’’; 11 (B) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘, such as 12 outdoor recreation’’ before the semicolon at the 13 end; and 14 (C) in clause (viii), by inserting ‘‘commer- 15 cial or private’’ before ‘‘passenger air sector’’; 16 (2) in paragraph (5)(A)— 17 (A) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘speaking 18 conventions, sales missions,’’ after ‘‘trade 19 shows,’’; 20 (B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 21 end; 22 (C) in clause (v), by striking the period at 23 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 24 (D) by adding at the end the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:14 Jan 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3851.RH H3851 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3851 RH ‘‘(vi) to promote tourism to the United 1 States through digital media, online plat- 2 forms, and other appropriate medium.’’; 3 and 4 (3) in paragraph (7)(C), by striking ‘‘3 days’’ 5 and inserting ‘‘5 days’’. 6 SEC. 3. ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES. 7 Subsection (c) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 8 U.S.C. 2131(c)) is amended— 9 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ 10 and inserting ‘‘$450,000’’; and 11 (2) in paragraph (3)— 12 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as 13 subparagraph (K); 14 (B) in subparagraph (H)(iii), by striking 15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 16 (C) by inserting after subparagraph 17 (H)(iii) the following: 18 ‘‘(I) a list of countries the Corporation 19 identifies as emerging markets for tourism to the 20 United States; 21 ‘‘(J) a description of the efforts the Corpora- 22 tion has made to promote tourism to rural areas 23 of the United States; and’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:14 Jan 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3851.RH H3851 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3851 RH SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR BRAND USA. 1 Subsection (d) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 2 (22 U.S.C. 2131(d)) is amended— 3 (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and 4 inserting ‘‘2027’’; 5 (2) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘70 per- 6 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 7 (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and 8 inserting ‘‘2027’’. 9 SEC. 5. PERFORMANCE PLAN. 10 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 11 of this Act, the Corporation for Travel Promotion shall 12 make the performance metrics established pursuant to sub- 13 section (f)(1)(A) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 14 U.S.C. 2131(f)(1)(A)) publicly available on the website of 15 the Corporation. 16 SEC. 6. ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION 17 FEE INCREASE. 18 Section 217(h)(3)(B)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Na- 19 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)(i)(I)) is amended by 20 striking ‘‘$10’’ and inserting ‘‘$17’’. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:14 Jan 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3851.RH H3851 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 299 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3851 [Report No. 116–376, Part I] A BILL To extend funding for Brand USA through fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes. JANUARY 13, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment JANUARY 13, 2020 Committee on Homeland Security discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:14 Jan 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3851.RH H3851 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS