22 USC § 2123a - Research program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2123a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 2123a - Research program"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2123a"
section_name: "Research program"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DUTIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 203, as added Pub. L. 111–145, § 9(j), formerly § 9(h), Mar. 4, 2010, 124 Stat. 64; renumbered 9(j), Pub. L. 113–235, div. B, title VI, § 606(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2219.)"
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# § 2123a. Research program

**(a)** **In general** The Office of Travel and Tourism Industries shall expand and continue its research and development activities in connection with the promotion of international travel to the United States, including—

**(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 Travelers 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 section 2131 of this title; and

**(5)** research to support the annual reports required by section 2123(d) of this title.

**(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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–63, title II, § 203, as added Pub. L. 111–145, § 9(j), formerly § 9(h), Mar. 4, 2010, 124 Stat. 64; renumbered 9(j), Pub. L. 113–235, div. B, title VI, § 606(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2219.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2123a, , as added , , , provided for program of financial assistance to cooperative tourism marketing programs, prior to repeal by , , .

Another prior section 2123a, , formerly § 5, , ; renumbered title II, § 203, and amended , , , directed Secretary to submit annual reports to President and Congress on activities under this chapter, prior to repeal by , , . Section was formerly classified to  prior to its renumbering by .