S. 4031: American TRIP Act
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S. 4031: American TRIP Act
116th Congress · introduced 2020-06-22 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-06-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
American TRIP Act
Plain summary
American Tax Rebate and Incentive Program Act or the American TRIP Act This bill allows individual taxpayers a new nonrefundable tax credit in 2020 and 2021 for certain travel, hospitality, and entertainment expenses. The bill directs the Department of Commerce to award grants to states to support destination marketing organizations. The bill defines destination marketing organization as a state or nonprofit entity engaged in marketing and promoting communities and facilities to business and leisure travelers by assisting with the location of meeting and convention sites, providing travel information and maps, and organizing group tours.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4031.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s4031 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116