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This bill, the Visit America Act, aims to promote travel and tourism in the United States. The key provisions include: establishing an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, who will set annual visitation goals, develop recommendations to achieve those goals, and coordinate with relevant federal agencies and industry stakeholders; requiring the Secretary of Commerce to develop a 10-year travel and tourism strategy; amending the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board to serve as an advisory body to the Secretary of Commerce; and directing the Secretary of Commerce to collect and publish data on domestic travel and tourism trends. The bill also requires the Assistant Secretary to develop and implement a COVID-19 recovery strategy for the travel and tourism industry, and to anticipate and plan for future catastrophic events that could impact the industry.

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