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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 3684 (EAS) — 117 HR 3684 EAS: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act · Sec. 27004

Sec. 27004. Study and reports on the travel and tourism activities of the Department

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The Secretary shall conduct a study (referred to in this section as the study ) on the travel and tourism activities within the Department. The study shall evaluate how the Department evaluates travel and tourism needs or criteria in considering applications for grants under the grant programs of the Department. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study, which shall include— an identification of how the Department currently evaluates travel and tourism needs or criteria in considering applications for grants under the grant programs of the Department; a description of any actions that the Department will take to improve the evaluation of tourism- and travel-related criteria in considering applications for grants under those grant programs; and recommendations as to any statutory or regulatory changes that may be required to enhance the consideration by the Department of travel and tourism needs or criteria in considering applications for grants under those grant programs.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an assessment of the existing resources of the Department used to conduct travel- and tourism-related activities, including the consideration of travel and tourism needs or criteria in considering applications for grants under the grant programs of the Department, in order to identify— any resources needed by the Department; and any barriers to carrying out those activities. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the assessment conducted under paragraph (1), which shall include— recommendations for improving the evaluation and consideration by the Department of travel and tourism with respect to the discretionary grant programs of the Department; an assessment of the resources needed to carry out the tourism- and travel-related activities of the Department; an assessment of any barriers to carrying out activities relating to travel and tourism; and recommendations for improving the ability of the Department to carry out activities relating to travel and tourism, which may include proposed statutory or regulatory changes that may be needed to facilitate those activities.
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