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15 U.S.C. § 9802 — Purposes
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The purposes of this subtitle are—
(1) to support the travel and tourism industry, which produces economic impacts that are vital to our national economy; and
(2) to establish national goals for international visitors to the United States, including—
(A) recommendations for achieving such goals and timelines for implementing such recommendations;
(B) coordination between Federal and State agencies;
(C) the resources needed by each Government agency to achieve such goals; and
(D) the number of international visitors and the value of national travel exports.
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The purposes of this subtitle are—
(1) to support the travel and tourism industry, which produces economic impacts that are vital to our national economy; and
(2) to establish national goals for international visitors to the United States, including—
(A) recommendations for achieving such goals and timelines for implementing such recommendations;
(B) coordination between Federal and State agencies;
(C) the resources needed by each Government agency to achieve such goals; and
(D) the number of international visitors and the value of national travel exports.
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**(a) In general** There is established the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board (referred to in this section as the “Board”), the members of which shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce for 2-year terms from companies and organizations in the travel and tourism industry.
**(b) Executive Director** The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism shall serve as the Executive Director of the Board.
**(c) Executive Secretariat** The National Travel and Tourism Office of the International Trade Administration shall serve as the Executive Secretariat for the Board.
**(d) Functions** The Board’s Charter shall specify that the Board will—
(1) serve as the advisory body to the Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to the travel and tourism industry in the United States;
(2) advise the Secretary of Commerce on government policies and programs that affect the United States travel and tourism industry;
(3) offer counsel on current and emerging issues;
(4) provide a forum for discussing and proposing solutions to problems related to the travel and tourism industry; and
(5) provide advice regarding the domestic travel and tourism industry as an economic engine.
**(e) Recovery strategies** The Board shall assist the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism in the development and implementation of the recovery strategies required under [section 9803(e)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section9803/e/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
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In this title,11 See References in Text note below. the term “COVID–19 public health emergency”—
(1) means the public health emergency first declared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under [section 247d of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section247d&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to COVID–19; and
(2) includes any renewal of such declaration pursuant to such [section 247d of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section247d&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** In any negotiation seeking an agreement under [section 2133 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2133&num=0&edition=prelim) or [section 4202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4202&num=0&edition=prelim), the President may make a formal offer for the modification or continuance of any United States duty, import restrictions, or barriers to (or other distortions of) international trade, the continuance of United States duty-free or excise treatment, or the imposition of additional duties, import restrictions, or other barrier to (or other distortion of) international trade including trade in services, foreign direct investment and intellectual property as covered by this subchapter, with respect to any article or matter only after he has received a summary of the hearings at which an opportunity to be heard with respect to such article has been afforded under [section 2153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim). In addition, the President may make an offer for the modification or continuance of any United States duty, the continuance of United States duty-free or excise treatment, or the imposition of additional duties, with respect to any article included in a list published and furnished under [section 2151(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2151/a&num=0&edition=prelim), only after he has received advice concerning such article from the Commission under [section 2151(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2151/b&num=0&edition=prelim), or after the expiration of the
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 9711
1 See References in Text note below.
ronmental systems over time that the Admin-
istrator determines qualify as environmental
challenges other than extreme weather.
(b) Identification and support of consistent, Fed-
eral set of forward-looking, long-term mete-
orological information
The Administrator shall identify, and support
research that enables, a consistent, Federal set
of forward-looking, long-term meteorological in-
formation that models future extreme weather
events, other environmental trends, projections,
and
up-to-date
observations,
including
mesoscale information as determined appro-
priate by the Administrator.
(Pub. L. 117–316, § 15, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4417.)
§ 9711. Gap analysis on availability of snow-re-
lated data to assess and predict flood and
flood impacts
(a) In general
The Administrator, in consultation with the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of
the Interior, and the Army Corps of Engineers,
shall conduct an analysis of gaps in the avail-
ability of snow-related data to assess and pre-
dict floods and flood impacts, including data on
the following:
(1) Snow water equivalent.
(2) Snow depth.
(3) Snowpack temperature.
(4) Snow and mixed-phase precipitation.
(5) Snow melt.
(6) Rain-snow line.
(b) Report
Not later than 180 days after December 27,
2022, the Administrator shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives a report on—
(1) the findings of the gap analysis required
by subsection (a); and
(2) opportunities for additional collaboration
among Federal agencies to collect snow-re-
lated data to better assess and predict floods
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