America's travel community is uniquely positioned to address two of the greatest challenges facing the United States: the urgent need to reinvigorate the U.S. economy and strengthen America’s standing in the world. Travel to and within the United States creates bottom-up economic growth in every state and congressional district, and facilitates the people-to-people diplomacy that constitutes America’s best opportunity to win hearts and minds around the world.

On this Web site, The Travel Industry Association (TIA), to become the U.S. Travel Association on January 1, 2009, has created a one-stop resource for the best thinking on nearly all federal travel policies, including TIA developed briefing documents and, where available, links to external information from think tanks, government agencies and others. We have divided the topics by agency: Departments of Homeland Security, State, Commerce, Transportation, Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency. A listing of all topics follows. Please click on the individual department links on the right for more information.

Department of Homeland Security
Foreign Media “I” Visa Requirement
Global Entry Program
International Travel Promotion
Model Ports of Entry Program
Registered Traveler
Secure Flight Program and Redress Issues
TSA Screening Process and Technology
Visa Waiver Program
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

Department of State
Non-immigrant (Visitor) Visas
Travel and Public Diplomacy

Department of Commerce
International Travel Promotion
International Travel Research

Department of Transportation
FAA Reauthorization/ATC Modernization
Federal Highway Reauthorization
Rail Travel

Department of the Interior
Public Lands Funding/Access

Environmental Protection Agency
Travel and Climate Change