Updated January 27, 2021 Power of Policy Platform

Priorities to Guide the Next Four Years POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM from all sectors of the industry together to address our shared challenges and determine our path forward forward our path challenges and determine our shared address to together of the industry all sectors from growth. renewed to broader industry and like-minded travel organizations to provide relief and protection for our businesses our businesses for and protection relief provide to organizations travel and like-minded industry broader As recovery. our industry’s and help drive travel safe will stimulate solutions that and develop and workforce leaders brings travel that be the primary force to will continue Travel U.S. and beyond, 2021 look toward we concerning the most pressing issues of our country. country. of our issues pressing the most concerning side with our members, the side by has been working team Travel the U.S. of the pandemic, the start Since of the aisle. We advocate for policies that grow travel to and within the U.S., educate on the outsized impact on the outsized educate and within the U.S., to travel grow policies that for advocate We of the aisle. an important part of conversations remains travel and ensure and workforce, has on our economy travel For more than 75 years, we have been the voice for entire travel industry, elevating the interests of our the interests elevating industry, travel entire for been the voice have we years, than 75 more For closely with both sides work we As a bipartisan organization, and Congress. the administration to industry U.S. Travel Association is the leading, national nonprofit association representing travel businesses of all businesses travel representing association nonprofit is the leading, national Association Travel U.S. and country. of the industry sector every across sizes POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 1 focuses on these on these focuses Policy Platform Policy

shifting demands of providing a safe and expedient and expedient a safe shifting demands of providing experience. travel PROGRAMS FACILITATION ENHANCE TRAVEL across and efficiency accessibility security, increase to ecosystem. the travel to sustain and grow the U.S. travel economy and economy travel the U.S. and grow sustain to workforce. COMPETITIVENESS INCREASE GLOBAL around from visitors back welcome to the U.S. prepare to dollars. international for compete and to the world AND THE IN INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIZE INVESTMENTS FUTURE OF MOBILITY the pandemic with stronger, from can emerge so the U.S. before. than ever systems connected more SYSTEM THE AIR TRAVEL RE-IMAGINE meet the to technologies innovative more with better, ENACT ECONOMIC RECOVERY MEASURES RECOVERY ECONOMIC ENACT Power of Travel Power Our Our ourselves and position the industry rebuild to areas five growth. future for it is an opportunity to rebuild a stronger a stronger rebuild it is an opportunity to

infrastructure, modernize travel technology, enhance the air travel the air travel enhance technology, travel modernize infrastructure, a for with other countries compete to and prepare experience demand. in travel resurgence advocate for representation at the highest levels of government. of government. levels the highest at representation for advocate improve us to before all of the possibilities consider must We Our collective industry must work together to ensure that travel is travel that ensure to together work must industry Our collective to continue and essential industry public officials as an by viewed only as a setback— health and security the highest to adheres that ecosystem travel standards. The U.S. travel industry continues to face enormous challenges as enormous face to continues industry travel U.S. The viewed but the pandemic should not be recovery, it looks toward In mere weeks, U.S. travel industry unemployment soared to 51%, to soared unemployment industry travel U.S. weeks, In mere of America. pocket in every and small businesses imperiling workers International borders closed, flights were grounded and the industry industry and the grounded were closed, flights borders International the world. across spread chaos as the coronavirus plunged into was ceased to exist. exist. to ceased was the year the travel year the travel was the as we knewindustry it and prosperity, 2020 prosperity, and unprecedented growthunprecedented After a decade of a decade After Building Off Our Most Urgent Policy Priorities

The Power of Travel Policy Platform seeks to build off of the strong foundation of our “Building Back Better: Travel’s Power to Accelerate Economic Recovery and Reunite America” document, which details the immediate policies the Biden administration can enact in its first 100 days in support of two overarching themes:

Establish a national plan to restore domestic travel and reunite America by quickly developing public health and COVID-19 testing guidance to safely resume travel, and enacting aggressive economic stimulus measures to boost travel demand and bring back jobs.

Safely reopen international travel through risk-based COVID-19 testing protocols, remove international travel bans and set a goal of welcoming 116 million visitors to the U.S. by 2028, POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM which will re-establish the United States as the most welcoming country in the world.

To View our recommendations for the first 100 days, read our Building Back Better Plan

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CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES, Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 3 , Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive The grantmaking process should be streamlined to ensure funds can be used as soon as possible to help encourage help encourage to funds can be used as soon as possible ensure to should be streamlined process grantmaking The masks. such as wearing practices, travel healthy follow Americans to Provide a tax credit to help businesses cover costs related to new COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. health and safety COVID-19 new to related costs cover businesses help to credit a tax Provide Provide a refundable tax credit for individuals and families to spur travel demand and growth. and growth. demand spur travel to and families individuals for tax credit a refundable Provide events. meetings and business conventions, in or hosting of participating cost the offset to businesses for credit a tax Provide • • • • Congress should provide grants—either through the U.S. Economic Development Administration, the Coronavirus the Coronavirus Administration, Development Economic the U.S. through grants—either should provide Congress marketing and local destination offices tourism eligible state process—to grantmaking Fund or another federal Relief tourism markets. in local efforts recovery and support economic travel promote to organizations Create tax credits and deductions to help facilitate a stable recovery. a stable help facilitate and deductions to tax credits Create the larger American economy: economy: American the larger The following policies should be enacted to sustain and facilitate a recovery within the travel industry and industry within the travel a recovery and facilitate sustain to policies should be enacted following The widespread travel fully resumes without restrictions, the travel industry will continue to need federal federal need to will continue industry the travel without restrictions, fully resumes travel widespread process. the recovery and expedite operations maintain to assistance industry is one of the hardest-hit industries in the economic fallout of the public health crisis: It is clear of the public health fallout in the economic industries the hardest-hit is one of industry Until industry. travel within the a recovery without recovery economic can be no broader there that The pandemic’s effect on global travel has cost the U.S. economy billions in lost spending, imperiled in lost billions U.S. economy the cost has travel on global effect pandemic’s The travel The of all sizes. businesses travel jeopardized and workers of millions of American the livelihoods STIMULATE THE RESTORATION OF TRAVEL, MEETINGS AND EVENTS MEETINGS AND EVENTS OF TRAVEL, THE RESTORATION STIMULATE

CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: Economic RecoveryEconomic POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 4 , Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive Avoid mandatory quarantine requirements upon arrival, which can be difficult to enforce and deter travel. travel. and deter to enforce which can be difficult upon arrival, requirements quarantine mandatory Avoid Provide flexibility and adjust requirements for short-haul international flights and trips shorter than three days; days; than three flights and trips shorter international for short-haul requirements and adjust flexibility Provide COVID-19 of and availability the cost where of the world capabilities in areas testing support to funding federal Devote and unworkable; difficult or requirement testing the pre-departure make tests • • • international travel. travel. international needs can be met. workforce’s the U.S. ensure visas to and cultural on work Lift moratoriums delayed virus introduction in past pandemics. in past virus introduction delayed safe demand for which will help accelerate processing, visa and restart to protocols safety Quickly develop In conjunction with implementing a testing requirement for inbound international travel, the administration should the administration travel, inbound international for requirement with implementing a testing In conjunction that under section 212(f), requirement issued no longer be needed with a testing which should restrictions lift travel (WHO) Health Organization World The with COVID-19. being infected travelers the risk of inbound reduces substantially has not substantially travelers entering quarantining that has found and quarantines traveler does not recommend COVID-19 testing program for inbound international travelers. The testing program should: program testing The travelers. inbound international for program testing COVID-19 taxpayers during future pandemics. future during taxpayers risk-based a science-driven, should implement government the federal bridge” pilots, the “air from learned Using lessons Provide a cost-sharing program to cover business interruption and event cancellation insurance losses related to a public a public to related losses insurance cancellation and event interruption business cover to program a cost-sharing Provide guard needed to the steps take and individuals to businesses help drive can risk insurance Pandemic health emergency. of burden the financial and reducing economy of the U.S. resilience the overall health risks, while improving future against • • • • • Direct the U.S. Department of State to devote resources and staff to address the backlog of and visas the backlog of passports to address and staff resources devote to of State Department the U.S. Direct visas). and work both travel (for expeditiously Implement a global framework for a science-driven, risk-based approach to COVID-19 testing to safely reopen reopen safely to testing COVID-19 to approach risk-based a science-driven, for framework Implement a global travel. international insurance. Ensure a stable and affordable market for pandemic risk coverage in business interruption and event cancellation cancellation event and interruption in business coverage risk for pandemic market and affordable a stable Ensure SAFELY RESTART INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL THROUGH A SCIENCE-DRIVEN, RISK-BASED APPROACH TO COVID-19 TESTING COVID-19 TO APPROACH RISK-BASED A SCIENCE-DRIVEN, THROUGH AIR TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL RESTART SAFELY CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 5 , Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive public health risk. Provide protections from certain public accommodation laws if lodgings, entertainment venues, , or other restaurants, venues, if lodgings, entertainment laws public accommodation certain from protections Provide would pose a serious because doing so accommodations requested the cannot offer of public accommodation places Increase funding for states and localities to expand purchasing of available vaccine dosages. vaccine of available purchasing expand and localities to states funding for Increase plans. distribution and execute improve states help to sharing and resource practices best Establish communities. and hard-to-reach high-priority areas target to teams distribution vaccine federal Establish Remove financial barriers to COVID-19 testing, treatment, preventative services and vaccine access. vaccine and services preventative treatment, testing, COVID-19 to barriers financial Remove and reduced procurement government large-scale through COVID-19 eradicate the output of supplies needed to Boost barriers. trade Set risk-based health and safety guidelines that account for the facts and circumstances of structured meetings and meetings of structured and circumstances the facts for account that guidelines health and safety Set risk-based gatherings. mass other types of apart from events, infrastructure. healthcare and other critical centers testing for resources federal Increase Clarify which areas of the the federal mask mandate on interstate travel applies, and whether local or federal local or federal applies, and whether travel on interstate mandate mask the federal of the airport areas Clarify which mask requirement. the enforcing for responsible authorities will be or universal quarantines mandatory avoid that measures and safety health to approach layered risk-based, on a Rely travel. domestic for mandates vaccine • • • • • • • • • • Provide liability protections for entities that make reasonable efforts to follow applicable government coronavirus coronavirus applicable government follow to efforts reasonable make that entities for liability protections Provide and guidelines. standards Provide federal leadership and resources to accelerate vaccine distribution. vaccine accelerate to and resources leadership federal Provide Implement consistent testing and preventive measures. preventive and testing Implement consistent Establish a uniform set of health and safety guidance for states and local governments to follow to safely resume travel. resume safely to follow to governments and local states for guidance and safety set of health a uniform Establish PROMOTE HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES THAT ENABLE A PREDICTABLE, NATIONWIDE FRAMEWORK FOR SAFE DOMESTIC TRAVEL SAFE DOMESTIC FOR FRAMEWORK NATIONWIDE A PREDICTABLE, ENABLE THAT MEASURES AND SAFETY HEALTH PROMOTE CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 6 , Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive Coordinate with stakeholders to promote and increase the competitiveness of U.S. travel exports, such as large such as large exports, travel of U.S. the competitiveness and increase promote to with stakeholders Coordinate and sporting events. shows trade international threats. future avoid to strategies and develop COVID-19 from recovery industry’s the travel for a plan Develop Set international arrivals and travel spending goals every four years, which should include the goal of welcoming 116 which should include the goal of welcoming years, four spending goals every and travel arrivals Set international 2028. by visitors million annual international and visa processing changes to such as necessary goals, meet travel to of strategies development interagency Lead and entry procedures. customs • • • • The office should set national goals and objectives for growing international visitation to the United States and work and States to the United visitation international growing for objectives national goals and should set office The these goals. achieve changes needed to implement policy agencies to federal across tourism dollars and meet its goal of welcoming 116 million annual international visitors by 2028: by visitors annual international 116 million of welcoming dollars and meet its goal tourism The following policies should be enacted to allow the travel industry to compete for international international for compete to industry the travel allow to policies should be enacted following The be viewed by policymakers as an export on par with other U.S. industries. Importantly, international international Importantly, industries. on par with other U.S. as an export policymakers by be viewed destination. as a welcoming also see the U.S. must visitors international travel demand once global travel can resume. To better prepare the U.S. to welcome welcome to the U.S. prepare better To can resume. global travel demand once travel international must dollars—travel tourism international for compete to the world—and around from back visitors International inbound travel has the ability to bring people together from different backgrounds, backgrounds, different from bring people together has the ability to inbound travel International in resurgence to meet a ready be We must efforts: and spur recovery local economies bolster CREATE A NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRAVEL AND TOURISM POSITION WITHIN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE U.S. POSITION AND TOURISM TRAVEL FOR SECRETARY A NEW ASSISTANT CREATE EXPORTS TRAVEL BOOST TO PLAN GOVERNMENTWIDE A COHERENT, DEVELOP TO AGENCIES ACROSS WORK TO

CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: Global CompetitivenessGlobal POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 7 , Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive Create rules to ensure outbound travel advisories and regulations are necessary, reasonable and based on science or science and based on reasonable necessary, are and regulations advisories outbound travel ensure rules to Create evidence. objective • visitors. visitors. $55 billion in economic activity and sustaining more than 52,000 American jobs each year. than 52,000 more activity and sustaining $55 billion in economic has been severely funding stream as its ESTA its work, continue to USA Brand allow funding to federal additional Provide image America’s promoting is crucial to work USA’s Brand inbound travel. of international diminished amid the stoppage to requirements health and safety and communicating recovery spurring an economic and bringing back visitors, abroad Protect the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) fee from any diversion or threat that could significantly could that or threat diversion any from fee (ESTA) Authorization Travel for System the Electronic Protect private funded in part from are efforts—which marketing USA’s Brand years, seven the past Over USA. impair Brand generating the U.S., to million visitors 7.5 attract to fee—helped the ESTA from contribution with a matching contributions programs, such as U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Preclearance and the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Program Waiver and the Visa Preclearance of Homeland Security (DHS) Department such as U.S. programs, negotiated. are exports manufacturing how to similar exports and tourism travel for incentives Negotiate Establish language to prevent the politicization of outbound travel warnings and restrictions. warnings travel of outbound the politicization prevent to language Establish facilitation security and travel travel to related on matters and capacity-building cooperation promote language to Establish SUPPORT THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF BRAND USA, THE UNITED STATES’ DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION DESTINATION OF BRAND USA, THE UNITED STATES’ SUCCESS THE CONTINUED SUPPORT PRIORITIZE AND ELEVATE TRAVEL EXPORTS IN U.S. TRADE AGREEMENTS, SUCH AS THOSE AS THOSE SUCH AGREEMENTS, TRADE U.S. IN EXPORTS TRAVEL ELEVATE AND PRIORITIZE AND OTHERS JAPAN UNION, KINGDOM, THE EUROPEAN WITH THE UNITED PENDING CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 8 , the U.S. can emerge from the pandemic and rebuild pandemic and rebuild the from can emerge , the U.S. now , Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive Fund. funding. rail $60 billion in passenger $325 billion over five years for the federal-aid highway programs. highway federal-aid for the years five $325 billion over transit. in public for investments years five $125 billion over Fund and the General Trust Airways both the Airport and from Program for the Airport Improvement years five $40 billion over • • • • over five years, including: five airports over Modernize the national travel network by authorizing $550 billion in federal funding for highways, transit, passenger rail and rail passenger transit, highways, funding for in federal authorizing $550 billion by network travel the national Modernize The following policies should be enacted to improve America’s travel infrastructure systems: systems: infrastructure travel America’s improve to policies should be enacted following The other and the world. other and the world. infrastructure and congested roadways. There is an opportunity to modernize these systems, invest invest these systems, modernize to is an opportunity There roadways. and congested infrastructure to each Americans reconnecting by efforts recovery facilitate and modes of transportation in new the travel industry with stronger, more connected infrastructure systems than ever before. Even Even before. ever than systems infrastructure connected more with stronger, industry the travel aging, insufficient further apart due to growing were crisis, cities and towns the public health before By prioritizing infrastructure investments investments prioritizing infrastructure By PRIORITIZE INVESTMENTS TO IMPROVE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTING IMPROVE TO PRIORITIZE INVESTMENTS

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and Infrastructure and Future of Mobility of Future POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 9 , Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive DOT should establish the network by identifying the most highly used corridors for long-haul passenger travel and travel long-haul passenger for highly used corridors identifying the most by the network should establish DOT grants. receive eligible to along those corridors businesses making travel projects that would improve travel mobility between regions, but cannot be funded through annual apportionments or annual but cannot be funded through regions, mobility between travel improve would that projects sources. other discretionary Amend the BUILD grant program by adding specific consideration for projects that would improve access to travel and to travel access would improve that for projects consideration adding specific by program grant Amend the BUILD destinations. tourism in major invest to years, five over at $9 billion funded program, Significance and Regional of National a Projects Establish • • • national network of charging infrastructure. infrastructure. of charging network national fuels. aviation and use of sustainable the development accelerate to Enact tax incentives Travel businesses will continue to need access to the Section 30C tax credit to make needed investments in electric needed investments make to tax credit the Section 30C to need access to will continue businesses Travel market. drive a greener to the transition and help facilitate infrastructure vehicle of a fund the establishment to (DOT) of Transportation Department within the U.S. program grant a federal Establish National Travel and Tourism Infrastructure Strategic Plan. Strategic Infrastructure and Tourism Travel National passenger rail operations. Amend the state and local planning requirements to ensure that states and localities develop localities develop and states that ensure to requirements and local planning the state Amend operations. rail passenger tourism. and travel grow that in projects and invest strategies the travel with work organizations planning and metropolitan states so that planning requirements Amend the federal and tourism. travel grow to necessary and identify projects strategies develop to industry the goals of the mobility and achieve travel improve that projects to grants discretionary of federal the award Prioritize Expand and improve passenger rail service by increasing Amtrak funding to $30 billion, providing $18 billion in targeted in targeted $18 billion providing billion, $30 to funding Amtrak increasing by service rail passenger and improve Expand support funds to Quality (CMAQ) and Air Mitigation Congestion and allowing Corridor, the Northeast for investments SUPPORT TAX INCENTIVES AND GRANTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS COMMERCIAL AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ELECTRIC INCENTIVES AND GRANTS FOR TAX SUPPORT CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 10 , Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive Invest in technologies that help predict or thwart wildfires (rather than just suppress them when they occur). them when they suppress than just (rather wildfires or thwart help predict that in technologies Invest protections. and overlook trail Add Implement dynamic pricing for entrance, concessionaires and high-demand areas. and high-demand areas. concessionaires entrance, Implement dynamic pricing for access. Expand broadband and supported 340,500 jobs. 340,500 and supported booking systems. and online management technology Implement crowd The Great American Outdoors Act provided five years of funding for parks, but a permanent structure to address deferred deferred to address structure a permanent for parks, but years of funding five provided Act American Outdoors Great The and efforts conservation to is crucial viability The parks’ long-term should be identified. and infrastructure maintenance output economic billion in total $41.7 generated parks visitors national million 327 2019, In economies: the health of local • • • • • • Increase park security and make safety upgrades to protect visitors and land. visitors protect to upgrades safety park security and make Increase Parks need updated infrastructure to balance access with conservation to provide all visitors with an exceptional exceptional with an all visitors provide to with conservation access balance to infrastructure updated need Parks the environment. while also protecting and access experience Facilities management and maintenance funding issues need to be resolved structurally. be resolved need to funding issues and maintenance management Facilities THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SHOULD MAKE STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND MODERNIZE AND MODERNIZE CHANGES STRUCTURAL MAKE SHOULD THE INTERIOR OF DEPARTMENT U.S. THE SITES SERVICE PARK OF NATIONAL VIABILITY THE LONG-TERM IMPROVE TO SYSTEMS EXISTING CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 11 , Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive A $40 million investment is needed to upgrade technology and deploy by the end of 2022. by and deploy technology upgrade is needed to A $40 million investment • end of 2021. use of biometrics to Programs’ Traveler and Trusted Protection and Border Customs U.S. TSA, harmonies between Develop experience. citizens) U.S. (for and voluntary secure a seamless, ensure Expand the biometric exit systems that are currently operational at 20 airports and seven seaports to process 90% of process seaports to 20 airports and seven at operational currently are that systems Expand the biometric exit the end of 2021. by passengers exiting by the 90% of arrivals to process locations four Preclearance 20 airports and its current beyond Expand Simplified Arrival The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) should rapidly invest in the procurement of technology to implement to of technology in the procurement invest rapidly should (TSA) Security Administration Transportation The 2022. lanes by 90% of TSA at (CAT-C) with Camera Technology Authentication Credential ADVANCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE MORE MORE PROVIDE TO TECHNOLOGY OF BIOMETRIC THE IMPLEMENTATION ADVANCE NATIONWIDE ENTRY OF PORTS AT SOLUTIONS EFFICIENT AND HYGIENIC The following priorities should be enacted to enhance and strengthen the air travel experience: travel the air strengthen and enhance to enacted priorities should be following The air travel ecosystem is more pertinent than ever. ever. pertinent than is more ecosystem air travel As the U.S. air travel industry shifts to meet the demands of providing a safe travel experience experience travel a safe the demands of providing meet shifts to industry air travel As the U.S. entire the across technology innovative more better, the need for and beyond, during the pandemic

CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: Reimagining Air Travel Air Reimagining POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 12 , Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive Designate Precheck and CLEAR enrollment as acceptable alternatives to REAL ID at the checkpoint. REAL ID at to alternatives as acceptable CLEAR enrollment and Precheck Designate U.S. citizens’ use of biometrics should be voluntary, giving passengers the opportunity to opt-out of biometric screenings. screenings. of biometric opt-out to the opportunity giving passengers be voluntary, use of biometrics should citizens’ U.S. should be secure. All biometric data purposes. enforcement or law for surveillance purposes, not identification for be used must Biometric data • • • • Develop alternative screening procedures for individuals who show up to the airport without a REAL ID-compliant ID-compliant the airport without a REAL up to individuals who show for procedures screening alternative Develop document. REAL ID enforcement is set to begin on October 1, 2021, but will need to be delayed. The REAL ID enforcement date date REAL ID enforcement The be delayed. need to but will 1, 2021, begin on October is set to REAL ID enforcement alternatives, of Americans with acceptable and the percentage rates as REAL ID issuance should be based on metrics, such not be significantly disrupted. will air travel demonstrate that will give nongovernment entities a framework for developing and implementing voluntary biometric solutions. biometric solutions. voluntary and implementing developing for entities a framework nongovernment will give DHS should develop and implement universal standards and rules concerning traveler privacy, data, and protection that that and protection data, privacy, traveler rules concerning and standards implement universal and develop DHS should THE ADDITIONAL TIME SHOULD BE USED TO IMPROVE AND MODERNIZE THE REAL ID ACT AND MODERNIZE THE IMPROVE SHOULD BE USED TO THE ADDITIONAL TIME REAL ID ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL IMPLEMENTATION WILL NOT REVERSE OR SLOW THE INDUSTRY’S RECOVERY; RECOVERY; THE INDUSTRY’S REVERSE OR SLOW WILL NOT UNTIL IMPLEMENTATION SHOULD BE DELAYED REAL ID ENFORCEMENT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST SET AND COMMUNICATE CLEAR STANDARDS FOR BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY, PRIVACY AND SECURITY PRIVACY TECHNOLOGY, BIOMETRIC FOR STANDARDS CLEAR COMMUNICATE SET AND MUST GOVERNMENT FEDERAL THE CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: POWER OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM 13

, Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive DHS should further optimize and modernize its Trusted Traveler Programs to make greater use of existing use of existing greater make to Programs Traveler its Trusted and modernize DHS should further optimize biometric technology. • and fee structure. and fee The DHS should consolidate all of its Trusted Traveler Programs and have one application, vetting process, credentialing credentialing process, vetting one application, and have Programs Traveler all of its Trusted DHS should consolidate The AND LEVERAGE THE OVERLAPPING SECURITY STANDARDS OF GLOBAL ENTRY, PRECLEARANCE AND VWP TO EXPAND THE PROGRAMS’ THE PROGRAMS’ EXPAND TO AND VWP PRECLEARANCE ENTRY, OF GLOBAL STANDARDS SECURITY OVERLAPPING THE AND LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO BENEFITS FACILITATION EXPAND GLOBAL ENTRY AND PRECLEARANCE LOCATIONS TO VWP COUNTRIES, WHICH WILL FURTHER IMPROVE TRAVEL FACILITATION FACILITATION TRAVEL IMPROVE WHICH WILL FURTHER COUNTRIES, VWP TO LOCATIONS AND PRECLEARANCE ENTRY GLOBAL EXPAND ENROLLMENT IN TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAMS—TSA PRECHECK, GLOBAL ENTRY, SENTRI SENTRI ENTRY, GLOBAL PRECHECK, PROGRAMS—TSA TRAVELER ENROLLMENT IN TRUSTED EFFICIENCY GREATER ONE PROGRAM FOR INTO BE STREAMLINED AND NEXUS—SHOULD low-risk domestic and international visitors: and international domestic low-risk The following policies should be enacted to ensure a more secure, seamless travel experience for for experience travel seamless secure, a more ensure to enacted policies should be following The accessible and efficient. As we look ahead to the next few years, a more streamlined approach to approach streamlined years, a more few next to the ahead we look and efficient. As accessible demand. in travel a resurgence handling will be vital to facilitation travel Some of the best, most innovative security programs are also the ones that make travel more more travel make ones that also the are security programs innovative most Some of the best,

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, Executive Public Affairs and Policy, U.S. Travel Association, [email protected] [email protected] Association, Travel U.S. [email protected] and Policy, Association, Public Affairs , Executive Travel U.S. and Policy, Public Affairs , Executive identification and video conferencing technology to enable remote visa interviews. visa interviews. remote to enable technology conferencing and video identification Congress should direct the U.S. Department of State with identifying consular posts with a history of excessive wait times wait of excessive with a history posts consular with identifying of State Department the U.S. should direct Congress times. such wait reduce an action plan to and develop including biometric processing, visa in efficiency increasing for should pilot technology Department State The • • cultural visa, B-1 and B-2 traveler visa, H-2B temporary, non-agricultural worker visa. worker non-agricultural visa, H-2B temporary, B-2 traveler and visa, B-1 cultural Automate processing procedures for low-risk visa applicants, low threat Global Entry applicants or create a “fast lane” for lane” for a “fast or create Global Entry applicants threat low visa applicants, low-risk for procedures processing Automate allied countries. applicants from visa, J-1 F and M student including and processing, visa applications non-immigrant automate and Expand, streamline Develop processes to streamline the adjudication process for travel visas. travel for process the adjudication streamline to processes Develop ENHANCE EXISTING TRAVEL FACILITATION PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE TRAVELER EXPERIENCE AND AND EXPERIENCE TRAVELER THE IMPROVE TO PROGRAMS FACILITATION TRAVEL EXISTING ENHANCE COUNTRIES WITH OTHER REMAIN COMPETITIVE CONTACT: TORI EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: EMERSON BARNES TORI CONTACT: U.S. Travel’s Power of Travel Policy Platform sets forth an ambitious agenda—but these are extraordinary times. A bold vision will be needed to restore and rebuild and grow travel through the pandemic and the years to come. By working with our partners in the federal government, we can harness the true power of travel and reimagine an industry that is stronger, smarter and more resilient than ever before. POWER OF TRAVEL POLICYPOWER PLATFORM OF TRAVEL POLICY PLATFORM

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