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Calendar No. 30
119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 195
[Report No. 119–4]
To amend the Visit America Act to promote music tourism, and for other
purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY22, 2025
Mrs. B
LACKBURN(for herself and Mr. HICKENLOOPER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation
M
ARCH14, 2025
Reported by Mr. C
RUZ, without amendment
A BILL
To amend the Visit America Act to promote music tourism,
and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘American Music Tour-4
ism Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY 1
OF COMMERCE FOR TRAVEL AND TOURISM. 2
(a) D
OMESTICTRAVEL AND TOURISM.—Section 3
605(b) of the Visit America Act (15 U.S.C. 9803(b)) is 4
amended— 5
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 6
inserting a semicolon; 7
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 8
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 9
(3) by adding at the end the following: 10
‘‘(4) identify locations and events in the United 11
States that are important to music tourism and fa-12
cilitate and promote domestic travel and tourism to 13
those locations and events.’’. 14
(b) F
ACILITATION OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 15
ANDLEISURETRAVEL.—Section 605 of the Visit America 16
Act (15 U.S.C. 9803) is amended by striking subsection 17
(d) and inserting the following: 18
‘‘(d) F
ACILITATION OFINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 19
ANDLEISURETRAVEL.—The Assistant Secretary, in co-20
ordination with relevant Federal agencies, shall strive to 21
increase and facilitate international business and leisure 22
travel to the United States and ensure competitiveness 23
by— 24
‘‘(1) facilitating large meetings, incentives, con-25
ferences, and exhibitions in the United States; 26
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‘‘(2) emphasizing rural and other destinations 1
in the United States that are rich in cultural herit-2
age or ecological tourism, among other uniquely 3
American destinations, as locations for hosting inter-4
national meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhi-5
bitions; 6
‘‘(3) facilitating and promoting international 7
travel and tourism to sports and recreation events 8
and activities in the United States; and 9
‘‘(4) identifying locations and events in the 10
United States that are important to music tourism 11
and facilitating and promoting international travel 12
and tourism to those locations and events.’’. 13
(c) R
EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS.—Section 605(f) of 14
the Visit America Act (15 U.S.C. 9803(f)) is amended by 15
adding at the end the following: 16
‘‘(4) R
EPORT ON GOALS RELATING TO DOMES -17
TIC AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL .—Not later than 18
1 year after the date of enactment of the American 19
Music Tourism Act of 2025, and every 2 years 20
thereafter, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to 21
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-22
portation of the Senate and the Committee on En-23
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 24
a report of activities, findings, achievements, and 25
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vulnerabilities relating to the goals described in sub-1
sections (a) through (d).’’. 2
(d) D
EFINITION.—Section 600 of title VI of division 3
BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (15 4
U.S.C. 9801) is amended— 5
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 6
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and adjust-7
ing the margins accordingly; 8
(2) by striking ‘‘In this title, the term ‘COVID– 9
19 public health emergency’—’’ and inserting the 10
following: 11
‘‘In this title: 12
‘‘(1) COVID–19
PUBLIC HEALTH EMER -13
GENCY.—The term ‘COVID–19 public health emer-14
gency’—’’; and 15
(3) by adding at the end the following: 16
‘‘(2) M
USIC TOURISM.—The term ‘music tour-17
ism’ means— 18
‘‘(A) the act of traveling to a State or lo-19
cality to visit historic or modern day music-re-20
lated attractions, including museums, studios, 21
venues of all sizes, and other sites related to 22
music; or 23
‘‘(B) the act of traveling to a State or lo-24
cality to attend a music festival, a concert, or 25
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other live musical performance or music-related 1
special event.’’. 2
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119
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
S. 195
[Report No. 119–4]
A BILL
To amend the Visit America Act to promote music
tourism, and for other purposes.
M
ARCH
14, 2025
Reported without amendment
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