The Senate passed yesterday, by a vote of 79-19, the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (S 1023) sponsored by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND). The bill would create a nonprofit corporation to attract tourists from other countries to the United States, as well as an Office of Travel Promotion in the Department of Commerce. It would also require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a $10 fee by September 30, 2009, to be assessed on users of a visa-waiver program.