§ 18. — Promotion of tourist travel.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC18]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 18. Promotion of tourist travel
The Secretary of Commerce shall encourage, promote, and develop
travel within the United States, including any Commonwealth, territory,
and possession thereof, through activities which are in the public
interest and which do not compete with activities of any State, city, or
private agency.
(July 19, 1940, ch. 642, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 93-193, Sec. 2,
Dec. 19, 1973, 87 Stat. 765; Pub. L. 94-55, Sec. 2(b), July 9, 1975, 89
Stat. 262.)
Amendments
1975--Pub. L. 94-55 substituted ``shall encourage, promote, and
develop travel within the United States, including any Commonwealth,
territory, and possession thereof, through activities which are in the
public interest and which do not compete with activities of any State,
city, or private agency'' for ``is authorized and directed to encourage,
promote, and develop travel within the United States, its Territories
and possessions, providing such activities do not compete with the
activities of private agencies; and to administer all existing travel
promotion functions of the Department of Commerce''.
Transfer of Functions
Section 2 of Pub. L. 93-193, Dec. 19, 1973, 87 Stat. 765, provided
that:
``(a) There are hereby transferred to and vested in the Secretary of
Commerce all functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary of the
Interior and other offices and officers of the Department of the
Interior under the Act of July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 773; 16 U.S.C. 18-
18d).
``(b) The assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records,
authorizations, and allocations, employed, held, used, rising from,
available or to be made available in connection with the functions,
powers, and duties transferred by subsection (a) of this section are
hereby transferred to the Secretary of Commerce.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 18a to 18d of this title.
