S.Amdt. 1303

SA 1303. Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Ms. Snowe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1023, to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United States; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 26, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:

“(b) Report on Tourism and Rural Communities.--

“(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representative, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives on developing the tourism potential of rural communities.

“(2) Content of the report.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall--

“(A) identify existing Federal programs that provide assistance to rural small businesses in developing tourism marketing and promotion plans relating to tourism in rural areas;

“(B) identify existing Federal programs that assist rural small business concerns in obtaining capital for starting or expanding businesses primarily serving tourists; and

“(C) include recommendations, if any, for improving existing programs or creating new Federal programs that may benefit tourism in rural communities.