HR 617

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. 

Bill status

Status

Passed House

Sponsor

Rep. Diana Harshbarger [R-TN-1]

Cosponsors

10

Policy area

Arts, Culture, Religion

Introduced

2025-01-22

Latest action

2025-04-29: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.

Committee referrals

• Energy and Commerce Committee: House · Reported By · 2025-04-24
• Energy and Commerce Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-04-08
• Energy and Commerce Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-01-22

Recent actions

• 2025-04-29: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.
• 2025-04-28: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
• 2025-04-28: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1635-1636)
• 2025-04-28: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1635-1636)
• 2025-04-28: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 617.