S.Amdt. 1332

SA 1332. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

__. Review to Prevent Duplication.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, as part of the Administration's effort to go line by line through the Federal budget to eliminate duplicative government programs, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall--

(1) evaluate the Office of Travel Promotion established in section 7 of this Act and the existing Office of Travel and Tourism at the Department of Commerce;

(2) determine which duties and activities of the Office of Travel Promotion are duplicative of existing activities at the Departments of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, or any other Federal agency or department;

(3) consolidate any essential and non-duplicative activities; and

(4) eliminate the Office of Travel Promotion.