S. 195 · Passed both chambers · Arts, Culture, Religion

American Music Tourism Act of 2025

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

What it does

• Directs the National Travel and Tourism Office to promote domestic and international travel to U.S. music festivals, concert venues, and music-related attractions.
• Expands the National Travel and Tourism Office's mandate to include promotion of international travel to U.S. sports and recreation events and activities.
• Requires the National Travel and Tourism Office to report its activities and findings to Congress within one year of enactment and every two years thereafter.

Official 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.

Latest action

Sep 29, 2026: Presented to President.

Committee: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation