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 110 STAT. 3408 PUBLIC LAW 104-288—OCT. 11, 1996 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 'Secretary') shall develop and implement a comprehensive plan to perform critical tourism functions which, in the determination of the Secretary, are not being carried out by the United States National Tourism Organization or other private sector entities or State governments. Such plan may include programs to— "(1) collect and publish comprehensive international travel and tourism statistics and other marketing information; "(2) design, implement, and publish international travel and tourism forecasting models; "(3) facilitate the reduction or elimination of barriers to international travel and tourism; and "(4) work with the United States National Tourism Organization, the Tourism Policy Council, State tourism agencies, and Federal agencies in— "(A) coordinating the Federal implementation of a national travel and tourism policy; "(B) representing the United States' international travel and tourism interests to foreign governments; and "(C) maintaining United States participation in international travel and tourism trade shows and fairs until such activities can be transferred to such Organization and other private sector entities.". SEC. 11. TOURISM POLICY COUNCILo Section 302 of the International Travel Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2124a) is repealed and the following is inserted: Establishment. "SEC. 301. (a) In order to ensure that the United States' national 22 USC 2124. interest in tourism is fully considered in Federal decision making, there is established a coordinating council to be known as the Tourism Policy Council (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 'Council'). "(b) The Council shall consist of the following individuals: "(1) The Secretary of Commerce, who shall serve as the Chairman of the Council. "(2) The Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. "(3) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget. "(4) The Secretary of State. "(5) The Secretary of the Interior. "(6) The Secretary of Labor. "(7) The Secretary of Transportation. "(8) The Commissioner of the United States Customs Service. "(9) The President of the United States National Tourism Organization. "(10) The Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. "(11) Representatives of other Federal agencies which have Eiffected interests at each meeting as deemed appropriate and invited by the Chairmem. "(c) Members of the Council shall serve without additional compensation. "(d) The Council shall conduct its first meeting not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the United States National Tourism Organization Act of 1996. Thereafter the Council shall meet not less than 2 times each year.

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