Support the bipartisan VISIT USA Act to restore full funding for Brand USA and promote U.S. tourism.

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) cosponsored bipartisan legislation to restore full funding for Brand USA, a critical program that helps drive international tourism, after the Republican tax law slashed the program’s funding by 80 percent.

Cortez Masto cosponsored the bipartisan VISIT USA Act to restore full funding for Brand USA and support international tourism.

Cortez Masto Joins Bipartisan VISIT USA Act to Restore Brand USA Funding, Promote U.S. Tourism
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Public Law 119-21, section 40009, titled Reduction in Annual Transfers to Travel Promotion Fund, amended the Travel Promotion Act by striking $100,000,000 and inserting $20,000,000.

The law cut the annual Travel Promotion Fund transfer from $100 million to $20 million, showing the full Brand USA funding level had not been restored after July 4, 2025.

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H.R.1 - Public Law 119-21 text, Section 40009
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S.3220 is titled the Vital Investment in Sustaining International Tourism to the USA Act or VISIT USA Act. The bill would transfer $160,000,000 from the Travel Promotion Fund to the Corporation for Travel Promotion, commonly known as Brand USA.

The VISIT USA Act directly addresses the promised policy by seeking a $160 million transfer to Brand USA after the funding cut.

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S.3220 - VISIT USA Act text
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Congress.gov lists member activity for Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, including sponsored and cosponsored legislation. In those results, S.3220, the VISIT USA Act, appears as a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan with cosponsors.

Cortez Masto is associated with S.3220 in her official Congress.gov member activity, supporting that she backed the VISIT USA Act rather than merely making a public statement.

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Congress.gov Member Activity by Catherine Cortez Masto
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Congress.gov status for S.3220 says the bill was introduced on November 19, 2025, read twice, and referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The tracker status is Introduced.

As of the available Congress.gov record, the VISIT USA Act had not passed the Senate, passed the House, gone to the President, or become law.

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S.3220 - VISIT USA Act overview
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Public Law 117-103 included Division FF, the Restoring Brand USA Act, making $250,000,000 available from the Travel Promotion Fund for the Corporation for Travel Promotion, commonly known as Brand USA.

Earlier in Cortez Masto's Senate service, Congress enacted a Brand USA funding restoration provision, showing a prior successful Brand USA funding action, though it did not resolve the later 2025 funding cut addressed by the VISIT USA Act.

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H.R.2471 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Restoring Brand USA Act
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On March 10, 2022, the Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.2471 by a 68-31 vote. The roll call lists Cortez Masto (D-NV) as Yea.

Cortez Masto voted for the appropriations package that became Public Law 117-103 and contained the Restoring Brand USA Act funding provision.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress, Vote 78
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