To require a report on increasing participation of rural small businesses in tourism activities.

SA 2259. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr.
Brownback) to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations for
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2010, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 85, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:

SEC. _745. REPORT ON TOURISM FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in
consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration and the Director of the Office of Travel and
Tourism Industries of the Department of Commerce, shall
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and of the Senate on developing the tourism
potential of rural communities.
(b) Content of the Report.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall--
(1) identify existing Federal programs that provide
assistance to rural small businesses in developing tourism
marketing and promotion plans relating to tourism in rural
areas;
(2) identify existing Federal programs that assist rural
small business concerns in obtaining capital for starting or
expanding businesses primarily serving tourists; and
(3) include recommendations, if any, for improving existing
programs or creating new Federal programs that may benefit
tourism in rural communities.
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