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 124 STAT. 65 PUBLIC LAW 111–145—MAR. 4, 2010 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1299: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 111 –66 (Comm. on House Administration). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 155 (2009): Mar. 31, considered and passed House. Oct. 29, considered and passed Senate, amended. Nov. 6, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H. Res. 896. Vol. 156 (2010): Feb. 24, 25, Senate considered and concurred in House amendment. ‘‘(1) expanding access to the official Mexican travel surveys data to provide the States with traveler characteristics and visitation estimates for targeted marketing programs; ‘‘(2) expanding the number of inbound air travelers sampled by the Commerce Department’s Survey of International Trav- elers to reach a 1 percent sample size and revising the design and format of questionnaires to accommodate a new survey instrument, improve response rates to at least double the number of States and cities with reliable international visitor estimates and improve market coverage; ‘‘(3) developing estimates of international travel exports (expenditures) on a State-by-State basis to enable each State to compare its comparative position to national totals and other States; ‘‘(4) evaluate the success of the Corporation in achieving its objectives and carrying out the purposes of the Travel Pro- motion Act of 2009; and ‘‘(5) research to support the annual reports required by section 202(d) of this Act. ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.’’. Approved March 4, 2010.