S. 195 · 119th Congress

American Music Tourism Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 22, 2025 by Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). 5 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 29, 2026): Presented to President.

Stage
Sent to the President
Introduced
Jan 22, 2025
Cosponsors
5
3 from the other party
Policy area
Arts, Culture, Religion
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Visit America Act to promote music tourism, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • Music
  • Performing arts
  • Travel and tourism

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Jan 22, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Marsha BlackburnR-TNSponsor

Democrats · 3

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jan 22, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 22, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  3. Feb 5, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Mar 14, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-4.
  5. Mar 14, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-4.
  6. Mar 14, 2025 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 30.
  7. May 14, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. May 14, 2025 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2933; text: CR S2933)
  9. May 15, 2025 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  10. May 15, 2025 · HouseReceived in the House.
  11. May 15, 2025 · HouseHeld at the desk.
  12. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseMr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  13. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5666-5667)
  14. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 195.
  15. Sep 15, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5666-5667)
  16. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5666-5667)
  17. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. Sep 29, 2026Presented to President.
  19. Sep 29, 2026 · HousePresented to President.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)
  2. Recording Academy6 reports
    $954.5K reported (all issues)
  3. U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $5.4M reported (all issues)
  4. OPERA America4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE - DBA LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  6. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum2 reports

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.