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kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 4450"
bill: "113-hr-4450"
heading: "Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014"
from: "rh"
from_label: "Reported in House"
to: "eh"
to_label: "Engrossed in House"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/113/hr/4450/changes/eh"
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# H.R. 4450 — what changed

H.R. 4450, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014 — 1 section amended between Reported in House and Engrossed in House.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 6 Accountability; procurement requirements

- The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131), as amended by this Act, is further amended—
- (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (h), (e), (i), and (j), <del>respectively; and</del><ins>respectively;</ins>
- (2) <del>in paragraph (2) of subsection (c), </del>by <del>striking “$5,000,000” and inserting “$500,000”;</del><ins>moving subsection (e) (as so redesignated) so that it follows subsection (d);</ins>
- (3) <ins>in paragraph (2) of subsection (c), by striking “$5,000,000” and inserting “$500,000”; and</ins>
- (4) [was (5)] by inserting after subsection (e), as redesignated, the following:
  - “(f) Accountability
  - “(1) Performance plans and measures—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014, the Corporation shall—
  - “(A) establish performance metrics including, time frames, evaluation methodologies, and data sources for measuring—
  - “(i) the effectiveness of marketing efforts by the Corporation, including its progress in achieving the long-term goals of increased traveler visits to and spending in the United States;
  - “(ii) whether increases in visitation and spending have occurred in response to external influences, such as economic conditions or exchange rates, rather than in response to the efforts of the Corporation; and
  - “(iii) any cost or benefit to the economy of the United States; and
  - “(B) conduct periodic program evaluations in response to the data resulting from measurements under subparagraph (A).
  - “(2) GAO accountability—Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Corporation receives a report from the Government Accountability Office with recommendations for the Corporation, the Corporation shall submit a report to Congress that describes the actions taken by the Corporation in response to the recommendations in such report.
  - “(g) Procurement requirements—The Corporation shall—
  - “(1) establish a competitive procurement process; and
  - “(2) certify in its annual report to Congress under subsection (c)(3) that any contracts entered into were in compliance with the established competitive procurement process.”