Sec. 31402. Destination marketing organization grant program to promote safe domestic travel
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $47,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, to the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to destination marketing organizations, including public or public-private entities that perform the functions of a destination marketing organization as determined by the Secretary, to conduct marketing activities to promote domestic travel within the United States, including with respect to current travel requirements and safe travel practices, with preference to destination marketing organizations promoting a town, city, State, or region where the civilian labor force in the accommodation, leisure, and hospitality sector has suffered, and continues to suffer, significant job losses as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic, as determined by the Secretary.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to the Secretary of Commerce for administrative costs associated with providing grants under subsection (a). In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to the Secretary of Commerce to collect data on domestic travel and tourism in the United States, including the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on domestic travel and tourism.