{"id":813887,"date":"2024-12-22T00:29:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/22\/niva-touts-the-important-american-music-tourism-acts-inclusion-in-congressional-spending-bill\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T00:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T06:29:14","slug":"niva-touts-the-important-american-music-tourism-acts-inclusion-in-congressional-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/22\/niva-touts-the-important-american-music-tourism-acts-inclusion-in-congressional-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"NIVA Touts the \u2018Important\u2019 American Music Tourism Act\u2019s Inclusion in Congressional Spending Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NIVA is voicing support for the inclusion of the American Music Tourism Act in a new congressional spending bill. Photo Credit: NIVA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Music The American Music Tourism Act has found its way into the lengthy spending bill being considered by Congress, and NIVA is applauding the development.<\/h2>\n

Update (12\/19): <\/em><\/strong>Following our initial coverage, the original spending legislation made way for a dramatically dialed back bill, the American Relief Act. The latter dropped the TICKET Act as well as the American Music Tourism Act and, in a 218-155 House vote Thursday evening, failed to pass.<\/em><\/p>\n

The National Independent Venue Association reached out today with comments touting the legislation\u2019s presence in the spending package. Though it perhaps goes without saying given its 1,547-page length, the pork-laden bill, only recently released in its entirety, contains more than a few components.<\/p>\n

Keeping the focus on the music space, these components include whole pieces of existing legislation like the TICKET Act (which the House passed<\/a> in May) and the American Music Tourism Act (which arrived<\/a> in Congress with the support of the RIAA and others that same month).<\/p>\n

(Assuming the TICKET Act becomes law, it\u2019ll be interesting to see its actual impact. Ticketing platforms seemingly already comply with the bill\u2019s refund requirements, and all-in pricing<\/a> adjustments wouldn\u2019t be too difficult to implement. Plus, although the measure proposes a \u201cspeculative ticketing ban,\u201d it expressly allows for the sale of \u201ca service to an individual to obtain an event ticket on behalf of such individual.\u201d)<\/p>\n

At the time of this writing, lawmakers, who would enjoy a material pay bump under the spending bill, hadn\u2019t yet voted on the measure. However, reports were pointing to a far-from-guaranteed path to passage, at least in the legislation\u2019s current form, amid growing criticism of the innumerable expenditures and provisions therein.<\/p>\n

In any event, the bipartisan American Music Tourism Act appears unlikely to elicit significant pushback in the grand scheme of things, and its inclusion in the oversized spending package is telling. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

We first covered the legislation at the time of its mentioned May introduction. Just to summarize, the proposal would amend the tourism-focused Visit America Act (which, like a growing list of laws pertaining to the industry, itself passed in a gigantic spending bill) to also include music venues.<\/p>\n

Specifically, that refers to tasking the Commerce Department\u2019s assistant secretary for travel and tourism with \u201cidentifying locations and events in the United States that are important to music tourism and promoting domestic travel and tourism to those sites and events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, one needn\u2019t stretch the imagination to see why venues and other stakeholders strongly favor the American Music Tourism Act, which NIVA executive director Stephen Parker is touting particularly when it comes to the potential upside for indie venues. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cIndependent venues and festivals are the lifeblood of local communities, not just as cultural hubs but also as powerful engines of economic activity,\u201d Parker communicated. \u201cThey attract millions of tourists annually, fueling spending at local hotels, restaurants, and retail establishments, while creating jobs and opportunities in every community across America.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy commissioning the first national strategy and focus on music tourism, this legislation ensures that these spaces continue to thrive, offering diverse programming and unforgettable experiences to audiences from all over the world,\u201d concluded the NIVA higher-up of two years.<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n

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