ACCOUNTABILITY; PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 606. ACCOUNTABILITY; PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS. The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131), as amended by this Act, is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (h), (e), (i), and (j), respectively; (2) by moving subsection (e) (as so redesignated) so that it follows subsection (d); (3) in paragraph (2) of subsection (c), by striking “$5,000,000” and inserting “$500,000”; and (4) by inserting after subsection (e), as redesignated, the following: “(f) Accountability.— “(1) Performance plans and measures.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014, the Corporation shall— “(A) establish performance metrics including, time frames, evaluation methodologies, and data sources for measuring— “(i) the effectiveness of marketing efforts by the Corporation, including its progress in achieving the long-term goals of increased traveler visits to and spending in the United States; “(ii) whether increases in visitation and spending have occurred in response to external influences, such as economic conditions or exchange rates, rather than in response to the efforts of the Corporation; and “(iii) any cost or benefit to the economy of the United States; and “(B) conduct periodic program evaluations in response to the data resulting from measurements under subparagraph (A). “(2) GAO accountability.—Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Corporation receives a report from the Government Accountability Office with recommendations for the Corporation, the Corporation shall submit a report to Congress that describes the actions taken by the Corporation in response to the recommendations in such report. “(g) Procurement Requirements.—The Corporation shall— “(1) establish a competitive procurement process; and “(2) certify in its annual report to Congress under subsection (c)(3) that any contracts entered into were in compliance with the established competitive procurement process.” .