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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 284
To promote bilateral tourism through cooperation between the United States
and Mexico.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY11, 2023
Mr. C
UELLAR(for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To promote bilateral tourism through cooperation between
the United States and Mexico.
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 ‘‘United States-Mexico 4
Tourism Improvement Act of 2023’’. 5
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 6
It is the policy of the United States— 7
(1) to continue deepening bilateral tourism 8
through governmental cooperation between the 9
United States and Mexico; 10
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(2) to improve third-party tourism to the 1
United States and Mexico through joint inter-2
national promotional efforts; and 3
(3) to seek to prioritize and expand the tourism 4
industries in both countries by emphasizing ex-5
changes in various international economic sectors, 6
including relating to— 7
(A) hospitality and accommodation; 8
(B) retail; and 9
(C) cultural education. 10
SEC. 3. STRATEGY TO EXPAND BILATERAL TOURISM 11
THROUGH COOPERATION WITH MEXICO. 12
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall de-13
velop a strategy through the High Level Economic Dia-14
logue (HLED) platform to carry out the bilateral tourism 15
policy described in section 2 and to encourage the Govern-16
ment of Mexico to take reciprocal action relating to bilat-17
eral tourism. 18
(b) E
LEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-19
section (a) shall— 20
(1) encourage more joint tourism initiatives be-21
tween the United States and Mexico, including col-22
laborations between governmental and nongovern-23
mental entities; and 24
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(2) encourage United States and Mexican non-1
profit institutions and private businesses to assist 2
prospective and developing entrepreneurs in 3
strengthening their business skills in the United 4
States and Mexico. 5
(c) R
EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 6
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 7
submit to Congress a report on the strategy required 8
under subsection (a). 9
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