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22 U.S.C. § 2123a — Research program
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**(a) In general** The Office of Travel and Tourism Industries shall expand and continue its research and development activities in connection with the promotion of international travel to the United States, including—
(1) expanding access to the official Mexican travel surveys data to provide the States with traveler characteristics and visitation estimates for targeted marketing programs;
(2) expanding the number of inbound air travelers sampled by the Commerce Department’s Survey of International Travelers to reach a 1 percent sample size and revising the design and format of questionnaires to accommodate a new survey instrument, improve response rates to at least double the number of States and cities with reliable international visitor estimates and improve market coverage;
(3) developing estimates of international travel exports (expenditures) on a State-by-State basis to enable each State to compare its comparative position to national totals and other States;
(4) evaluate the success of the Corporation in achieving its objectives and carrying out the purposes of [section 2131 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2131&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) research to support the annual reports required by [section 2123(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2123/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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**(a) In general** The Office of Travel and Tourism Industries shall expand and continue its research and development activities in connection with the promotion of international travel to the United States, including—
(1) expanding access to the official Mexican travel surveys data to provide the States with traveler characteristics and visitation estimates for targeted marketing programs;
(2) expanding the number of inbound air travelers sampled by the Commerce Department’s Survey of International Travelers to reach a 1 percent sample size and revising the design and format of questionnaires to accommodate a new survey instrument, improve response rates to at least double the number of States and cities with reliable international visitor estimates and improve market coverage;
(3) developing estimates of international travel exports (expenditures) on a State-by-State basis to enable each State to compare its comparative position to national totals and other States;
(4) evaluate the success of the Corporation in achieving its objectives and carrying out the purposes of [section 2131 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2131&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) research to support the annual reports required by [section 2123(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2123/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 203, formerly § 5, June 29, 1961, 75 Stat. 130, which related to annual reports to the President and Congress, was renumbered by Pub. L. 97–63, § 3(e), Oct. 16, 1981, 95 Stat. 1013, transferred to [section 2123a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2123a&num=0&edition=prelim), and subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 102–372, § 8(a), Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1177.
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**(a) Short title** This section may be cited as the “Travel Promotion Act of 2009”.
**(b) The Corporation for Travel Promotion**
(1) **Establishment** — The Corporation for Travel Promotion is established as a nonprofit corporation. The Corporation shall not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government. The Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act (D.C. Code, section 29–1001 et seq.), to the extent that such provisions are consistent with this subsection, and shall have the powers conferred upon a nonprofit corporation by that Act to carry out its purposes and activities.
(2) **Board of directors**
(A) *In general* — The Corporation shall have a board of directors of 11 members with knowledge of international travel promotion or marketing, broadly representing various regions of the United States, who are United States citizens. At least 5 members of the board shall have experience working in United States multinational entities with marketing budgets. At least 2 members of the board shall be audit committee financial experts (as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with [section 7265 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section7265&num=0&edition=prelim)). All members of the board shall be a current or former chief executive officer, chief financial officer, or chief marketing officer, or have held an equivalent management position. Members of the board shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce (after consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State), as follows:
(i) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and experience in the hotel accommodations sector;
(ii) 1 shall have a
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2124
(Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L.
111–145, § 9(i), formerly § 9(g), Mar. 4, 2010, 124
Stat. 63; renumbered 9(i), Pub. L. 113–235, div. B,
title VI, § 606(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2219.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Subsection (b) of section 11 of the Travel Promotion
Act of 2009, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), probably should
be a reference to subsection (b) of the Travel Pro-
motion Act of 2009, which is classified to section 2131(b)
of this title.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 2123, Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 202, for-
merly § 3, June 29, 1961, 75 Stat. 130; Pub. L. 91–477, §§ 1,
2, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1071, 1072; renumbered and
amended Pub. L. 97–63, § 3(c), (d), (e)(1), Oct. 16, 1981, 95
Stat. 1012, 1013; Pub. L. 102–372, §§ 4(n), 6(b), (c), 7, 8(b),
Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1174, 1176, 1178, enumerated du-
ties of Secretary of Commerce in carrying out national
tourism policy, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–288, § 9(a),
Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3407.
§ 2123a. Research program
(a) In general
The Office of Travel and Tourism Industries
shall expand and continue its research and de-
velopment activities in connection with the pro-
motion of international travel to the United
States, including—
(1) expanding access to the official Mexican
travel surveys data to provide the States with
traveler characteristics and visitation esti-
mates for targeted marketing programs;
(2) expanding the number of inbound air
travelers sampled by the Commerce Depart-
ment’s Survey of International Travelers to
reach a 1 percent sample size and revising the
design and format of questionnaires to accom-
modate a new survey instrument, improve re-
sponse rates to at least d
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