The government will promote travel to music events and venues.
H.R. 617 — American Music Tourism Act of 2025 · Filed by Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) · 10 cosponsors · Introduced Jan 22, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill tells the government to help people visit music attractions. It covers museums, concert halls, festivals, and concerts. The government will promote these places in the U.S. and other countries. A report every two years will track progress.
Who it affects
Music venues, festivals, and museums will get more promotion. Hotels, restaurants, and transportation companies near music attractions may see more visitors.
One thing to notice
The bill uses money and effort the government already has. It does not create new taxes, fees, or rules for people.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
10 cosponsors: 7 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
- Jan 22, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 22, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
- Apr 8, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Apr 8, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 52 - 1”
- Apr 28, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1635-1636)”
- Apr 28, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
5 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 6 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $1,000,778 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 12 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 78% of bills with any report.
Diana Harshbarger, who sponsored the bill, received $700,520 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- U.S. Travel Association — $800,000 in 1 report
- Recording Academy — $120,778 in 1 report
- National Independent Venue Association — $60,000 in 2 reports
- American Symphony Orchestra League - Dba League of American Orchestras — $10,000 in 1 report
- Opera America — $10,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,048 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,358 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-19.
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