Summary
American Music Tourism Act of 2025
This bill directs the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) of the Department of Commerce to promote tourism to music-related and sports attractions.
The bill requires NTTO to promote domestic and international travel and tourism to U.S. music festivals, concert venues, and other music-related attractions and locations. The bill also expands NTTO's current mandate to facilitate sports and recreation events and activities to include the promotion of international travel and tourism to such activities in the United States.
NTTO must report its activities and findings to Congress within one year after the bill's enactment and, thereafter, every two years.
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- Passed Chamber 1
- Passed Chamber 2
- Signed
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.
SenateMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1635-1636)
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1635-1636)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 617.
HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1635-1637)
HouseMr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 46.
HouseReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-69.
HouseReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-69.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 52 - 1.
HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HouseIntroduced in House
Introduced in House