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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1218 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide assistance for cities |
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| 6 | 6 | | hosting international sporting events taking place in the United States, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL1 (legislative day, MARCH31), 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | ORAN(for himself and Ms. CANTWELL) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Science, and Transportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide assistance |
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| 16 | 16 | | for cities hosting international sporting events taking |
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| 17 | 17 | | place in the United States, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation Assist-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ance for Olympic and World Cup Cities Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FOR INTER-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | NATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 49, United 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5501 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the following: 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘§ 5502. Transportation assistance for international 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | sporting events 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(a) P |
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| 35 | 35 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | support State, Tribal, and local efforts on transportation 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | issues necessary to obtain the national recognition and 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | economic benefits of hosting international sporting events 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | in the United States. 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(b) D |
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| 41 | 41 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(1) C |
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| 43 | 43 | | OVERED EVENT.— 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 45 | 45 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | event’ means an Olympic event, Paralympic 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | event, Special Olympics event, FIFA Men’s 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | World Cup event, or FIFA Women’s World Cup 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | event that is held at a site within the United 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | States (including any territory of the United 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | States) that has been selected by the Inter-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | national Olympic Committee or the Inter-22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | national Federation of Association Football to 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | hold such event. 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(B) G |
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| 56 | 56 | | ROUPING.—Multiple events de-25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | scribed in subparagraph (A) occurring in the 26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | same stadium, city, metropolitan planning area 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (as defined in section 134(b) of title 23), or 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | metropolitan statistical area (as designated by 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the Director of the Office of Management and 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Budget) as part of the same overall competi-5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | tion, sporting event, or grouping of competi-6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tions or sporting events shall be considered to 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | be 1 covered event. 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(C) E |
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| 70 | 70 | | XCLUSION.—The term ‘covered 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | event’ does not include activities relating to pre-10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | paring or submitting a bid to be selected to 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | hold an event described in subparagraph (A). 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 75 | 75 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | tity’ means— 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(A) a State, Indian Tribe, or unit of local 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | government (including a port authority or tran-16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | sit agency) hosting a covered event; 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(B) a State, Indian Tribe, or unit of local 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | government (including a port authority or tran-19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | sit agency) that— 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘(i) is supporting a covered event; and 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(ii) owns a transportation facility or 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | provides a transportation service that is lo-23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | cated not more than 100 miles from the lo-24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | cation in which the applicable covered 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | event is or will be held; 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(C) a metropolitan planning organization 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | that serves an area that— 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ‘‘(i) is under the jurisdiction of a 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | State, Indian Tribe, or unit of local gov-6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ernment described in subparagraph (A) or 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (B); and 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(ii) is located not more than 100 9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | miles from the location in which the appli-10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | cable covered event is or will be held; 11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ‘‘(D) an entity eligible to receive a grant 12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | under section 5339 for services provided within 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | 100 miles of the location in which the applica-14 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ble covered event is or will be held; or 15 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘(E) a nonprofit entity established for exe-16 |
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| 106 | 106 | | cution of a covered event. 17 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(3) H |
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| 108 | 108 | | OST METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANI -18 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ZATION.—The term ‘host metropolitan planning or-19 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ganization’ means a metropolitan planning organiza-20 |
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| 111 | 111 | | tion for an urbanized area (as defined in section 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | 134(b) of title 23) within which a covered event is 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | or will be held. 23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ‘‘(4) I |
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| 115 | 115 | | NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 25 |
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| 120 | 120 | | Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 1 |
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| 121 | 121 | | Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 2 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘(5) M |
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| 123 | 123 | | ETROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZA -3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | TION.—The term ‘metropolitan planning organiza-4 |
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| 125 | 125 | | tion’ has the meaning given the term in section 5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | 134(b) of title 23. 6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(6) S |
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| 128 | 128 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 7 |
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| 129 | 129 | | the Secretary of Transportation. 8 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(c) G |
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| 131 | 131 | | RANTS FORTRANSPORTATION PROJECTSRE-9 |
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| 132 | 132 | | LATING TOINTERNATIONALGAMES.— 10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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| 134 | 134 | | LLOCATION OF FUNDS .—For each fiscal 11 |
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| 135 | 135 | | year, the Secretary shall allocate the amounts made 12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | available to the Secretary to carry out this sub-13 |
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| 137 | 137 | | section as follows: 14 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘(A) First, the Secretary shall allocate 15 |
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| 139 | 139 | | those amounts equally among the host metro-16 |
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| 140 | 140 | | politan planning organizations for the most im-17 |
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| 141 | 141 | | minent covered event and any other covered 18 |
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| 142 | 142 | | events occurring during the same fiscal year, 19 |
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| 143 | 143 | | subject to the condition that a host metropoli-20 |
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| 144 | 144 | | tan planning organization may not receive more 21 |
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| 145 | 145 | | than $10,000,000 under this subparagraph for 22 |
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| 146 | 146 | | a single covered event. 23 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(B) Once the host metropolitan planning 24 |
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| 148 | 148 | | organizations described in subparagraph (A) 25 |
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| 152 | 152 | | have each been allocated a total of $10,000,000 1 |
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| 153 | 153 | | under this subsection for each covered event de-2 |
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| 154 | 154 | | scribed in that subparagraph, including any 3 |
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| 155 | 155 | | amounts for previous fiscal years allocated for 4 |
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| 156 | 156 | | the same covered event, the Secretary shall allo-5 |
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| 157 | 157 | | cate any remaining amounts— 6 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(i) first, equally among all host met-7 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ropolitan planning organizations eligible to 8 |
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| 160 | 160 | | receive assistance under this subsection for 9 |
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| 161 | 161 | | a covered event not described in subpara-10 |
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| 162 | 162 | | graph (A), subject to the condition that a 11 |
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| 163 | 163 | | host metropolitan planning organization 12 |
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| 164 | 164 | | may not receive more than $10,000,000 13 |
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| 165 | 165 | | under this clause for a single covered 14 |
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| 166 | 166 | | event; and 15 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘(ii) once the host metropolitan plan-16 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ning organizations described in clause (i) 17 |
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| 169 | 169 | | have each been allocated a total of 18 |
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| 170 | 170 | | $10,000,000 under this subsection for each 19 |
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| 171 | 171 | | covered event described in that clause, in-20 |
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| 172 | 172 | | cluding any amounts for previous fiscal 21 |
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| 173 | 173 | | years allocated for the same covered event, 22 |
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| 174 | 174 | | equally among all host metropolitan plan-23 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ning organizations eligible to receive assist-24 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ance under this subsection. 25 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 1 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 182 | 182 | | N GENERAL.—A host metropolitan 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | planning organization receiving amounts under 3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | paragraph (1) may use the amounts to provide 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | funding to eligible entities to carry out projects 5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | described in subparagraph (B) that— 6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ‘‘(i) are located not more than 100 7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | miles from the location in which the appli-8 |
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| 189 | 189 | | cable covered event is or will be held; and 9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(ii) in the determination of the host 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | metropolitan planning organization, are 11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | not temporary infrastructure needed for 12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | hosting the covered event. 13 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 195 | 195 | | ROJECT DESCRIBED.—A project re-14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ferred to in subparagraph (A) is any of the fol-15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | lowing: 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(i) A transportation project that— 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ‘‘(I) is eligible for assistance 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | under any provision of this title or 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | title 23; and 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(II) in the determination of the 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | host metropolitan planning organiza-22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | tion, will assist with the movement of 23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | people or goods related to the applica-24 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ble covered event. 25 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(ii) A transportation planning activ-1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ity that, in the determination of the host 2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | metropolitan planning organization, will 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | assist with the movement of people and 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | goods for the applicable covered event. 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 216 | 216 | | EQUIREMENTS.—The requirements de-6 |
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| 217 | 217 | | scribed in section 6701 (n) shall apply to a project 7 |
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| 218 | 218 | | described in paragraph (2) that is funded by a grant 8 |
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| 219 | 219 | | under this subsection. 9 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ‘‘(4) L |
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| 221 | 221 | | IMITATIONS.— 10 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(A) A |
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| 223 | 223 | | LLOCATIONS.—For purposes of the 11 |
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| 224 | 224 | | allocation of amounts under paragraph (1), a 12 |
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| 225 | 225 | | host metropolitan planning organization is eligi-13 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ble to receive assistance under this subsection 14 |
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| 227 | 227 | | only during the period beginning on the date 15 |
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| 228 | 228 | | that is 5 years before the date on which a cov-16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ered event begins and ending on the date that 17 |
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| 230 | 230 | | is 30 days after the date on which the covered 18 |
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| 231 | 231 | | event ends. 19 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 233 | 233 | | EIMBURSEMENTS.—Notwith-20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | standing subparagraph (A), but subject to sub-21 |
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| 235 | 235 | | paragraph (C), the Secretary shall provide, 22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | from amounts allocated to the applicable host 23 |
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| 237 | 237 | | metropolitan planning organization under para-24 |
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| 238 | 238 | | graph (1), reimbursements for activities de-25 |
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| 242 | 242 | | scribed in paragraph (2) that are carried out 1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | during the period described in subparagraph 2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (A). 3 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ‘‘(C) R |
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| 246 | 246 | | ELEASE OF FUNDS .—Any amounts 4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | allocated under paragraph (1) that are not ex-5 |
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| 248 | 248 | | pended by the date that is 1 year after the date 6 |
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| 249 | 249 | | on which the applicable covered event ends shall 7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | be reallocated in accordance with paragraph 8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (1). 9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ‘‘(5) A |
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| 253 | 253 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 10 |
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| 254 | 254 | | There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-11 |
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| 255 | 255 | | retary to carry out this subsection $50,000,000 for 12 |
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| 256 | 256 | | each fiscal year, to remain available until expended. 13 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ‘‘(d) T |
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| 258 | 258 | | RANSPORTATIONPLANNINGACTIVITIES.— 14 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 260 | 260 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary, on request, 15 |
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| 261 | 261 | | shall provide technical and planning assistance to el-16 |
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| 262 | 262 | | igible entities, including— 17 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ‘‘(A) by providing technical assistance for 18 |
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| 264 | 264 | | planning activities of States, Indian Tribes, 19 |
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| 265 | 265 | | units of local government, and metropolitan 20 |
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| 266 | 266 | | planning organizations under sections 134 and 21 |
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| 267 | 267 | | 135 of title 23 and sections 5303, 5304, and 22 |
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| 268 | 268 | | 5305 of this title for transportation projects re-23 |
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| 269 | 269 | | lating to a covered event; 24 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ‘‘(B) by assisting States, Indian Tribes, 1 |
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| 274 | 274 | | units of local government, and metropolitan 2 |
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| 275 | 275 | | planning organizations with the development of 3 |
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| 276 | 276 | | intermodal transportation plans; 4 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(C) by facilitating programs or providing 5 |
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| 278 | 278 | | incentives to temporarily pool and share, for the 6 |
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| 279 | 279 | | duration of a covered event, buses and related 7 |
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| 280 | 280 | | equipment among— 8 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘(i) States, Indian Tribes, and units 9 |
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| 282 | 282 | | of local government hosting or supporting 10 |
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| 283 | 283 | | a covered event; and 11 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ‘‘(ii) States, Indian Tribes, and units 12 |
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| 285 | 285 | | of local government not hosting or sup-13 |
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| 286 | 286 | | porting a covered event; 14 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ‘‘(D) by expediting review and comment of 15 |
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| 288 | 288 | | any required submissions to the Secretary relat-16 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ing to a covered event; 17 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ‘‘(E) by assisting with the coordination of 18 |
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| 291 | 291 | | transportation planning efforts between govern-19 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ments or the private sector; and 20 |
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| 293 | 293 | | ‘‘(F) by providing any other technical or 21 |
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| 294 | 294 | | planning assistance the Secretary determines to 22 |
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| 295 | 295 | | be necessary for advancing the purpose of this 23 |
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| 296 | 296 | | section described in subsection (a). 24 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall provide 1 |
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| 301 | 301 | | assistance under this subsection for a covered event 2 |
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| 302 | 302 | | only during the period beginning on the date that is 3 |
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| 303 | 303 | | 5 years before the date on which the covered event 4 |
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| 304 | 304 | | begins and ending on the date that is 30 days after 5 |
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| 305 | 305 | | the date on which the covered event ends.’’. 6 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (b) C |
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| 307 | 307 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-7 |
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| 308 | 308 | | ter 55 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by in-8 |
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| 309 | 309 | | serting after the item relating to section 5501 the fol-9 |
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| 310 | 310 | | lowing: 10 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ‘‘5502. Transportation assistance for international sporting events.’’. |
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| 312 | 312 | | SEC. 3. STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF HOSTING THE OLYM- |
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| 313 | 313 | | 11 |
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| 314 | 314 | | PICS AND WORLD CUP ON THE TRAVEL AND 12 |
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| 315 | 315 | | TOURISM INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES. 13 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (a) D |
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| 317 | 317 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (1) L |
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| 319 | 319 | | OCAL PLANNING COMMITTEES .—The term 15 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ‘‘Local Planning Committees’’ means the World Cup 16 |
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| 321 | 321 | | planning committees specific to each World Cup host 17 |
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| 322 | 322 | | city. 18 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (2) O |
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| 324 | 324 | | LYMPICS.—The term ‘‘Olympics’’ means 19 |
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| 325 | 325 | | the 2028 Summer Olympics and 2028 Paralympics, 20 |
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| 326 | 326 | | both hosted by Los Angeles, California. 21 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (3) S |
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| 328 | 328 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 22 |
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| 329 | 329 | | the Secretary of Commerce. 23 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (4) TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY .—The 1 |
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| 334 | 334 | | term ‘‘travel and tourism industry’’ means the travel 2 |
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| 335 | 335 | | and tourism industry in the United States. 3 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (5) W |
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| 337 | 337 | | ORLD CUP.—The term ‘‘World Cup’’ 4 |
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| 338 | 338 | | means the 2026 Men’s FIFA World Cup, hosted by 5 |
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| 339 | 339 | | the United States, Mexico, and Canada. 6 |
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| 340 | 340 | | (b) D |
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| 341 | 341 | | EPARTMENT OF COMMERCESTUDY ANDRE-7 |
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| 342 | 342 | | PORT ON EFFECTS ON TRAVEL AND TOURISM OF 8 |
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| 344 | 344 | | OSTING THEOLYMPICS.— 9 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (1) S |
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| 346 | 346 | | TUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the 10 |
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| 347 | 347 | | date of enactment of this Act and after consultation 11 |
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| 348 | 348 | | with the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory 12 |
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| 349 | 349 | | Board and the United States Olympic Planning 13 |
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| 350 | 350 | | Committee, the Secretary shall, subject to the avail-14 |
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| 351 | 351 | | ability of appropriations, commence a study to exam-15 |
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| 352 | 352 | | ine the impact of the Olympics on the travel and 16 |
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| 353 | 353 | | tourism industry, including— 17 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (A) changes in the frequency of inter-18 |
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| 355 | 355 | | national travel to the United States; 19 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (B) changes in the frequency of domestic 20 |
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| 357 | 357 | | travel within the United States; 21 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (C) changes in the revenues of businesses 22 |
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| 359 | 359 | | in the travel and tourism industry; and 23 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (D) changes in employment rates in the 24 |
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| 361 | 361 | | travel and tourism industry. 25 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (2) REPORT.— 1 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (A) I |
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| 367 | 367 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 2 |
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| 368 | 368 | | days after the conclusion of the Olympics, the 3 |
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| 369 | 369 | | Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 4 |
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| 370 | 370 | | Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 5 |
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| 371 | 371 | | Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com-6 |
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| 372 | 372 | | merce of the House of Representatives a report 7 |
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| 373 | 373 | | containing the results of the study conducted 8 |
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| 374 | 374 | | under paragraph (1). 9 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (B) A |
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| 376 | 376 | | VAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 10 |
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| 377 | 377 | | make the report described in subparagraph (A) 11 |
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| 378 | 378 | | publicly available on the website of the Depart-12 |
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| 379 | 379 | | ment of Commerce. 13 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (c) D |
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| 381 | 381 | | EPARTMENT OF COMMERCESTUDY ANDRE-14 |
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| 384 | 384 | | OSTING THEWORLDCUP.— 16 |
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| 385 | 385 | | (1) S |
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| 386 | 386 | | TUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the 17 |
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| 387 | 387 | | date of enactment of this Act and after consultation 18 |
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| 388 | 388 | | with the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory 19 |
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| 389 | 389 | | Board and Local Planning Committees, the Sec-20 |
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| 390 | 390 | | retary shall, subject to the availability of appropria-21 |
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| 391 | 391 | | tions, commence a study to examine the impact of 22 |
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| 392 | 392 | | the World Cup on the travel and tourism industry, 23 |
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| 393 | 393 | | including— 24 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (A) changes in the frequency of inter-1 |
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| 398 | 398 | | national travel to the United States; 2 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (B) changes in the frequency of domestic 3 |
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| 400 | 400 | | travel within the United States; 4 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (C) changes in the revenues of businesses 5 |
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| 402 | 402 | | in the travel and tourism industry; and 6 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (D) changes in employment rates in the 7 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (2) R |
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| 406 | 406 | | EPORT.— 9 |
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| 407 | 407 | | (A) I |
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| 408 | 408 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 10 |
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| 409 | 409 | | days after the conclusion of the World Cup, the 11 |
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| 410 | 410 | | Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 12 |
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| 411 | 411 | | Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 13 |
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| 412 | 412 | | Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com-14 |
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| 413 | 413 | | merce of the House of Representatives a report 15 |
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| 414 | 414 | | containing the results of the study conducted 16 |
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| 415 | 415 | | under paragraph (1). 17 |
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| 416 | 416 | | (B) A |
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| 417 | 417 | | VAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 18 |
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| 418 | 418 | | make the report described in subparagraph (A) 19 |
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