Travel Act

Travel Act
Great Seal of the United States
Other short titles
  • International Trade and Travel Advisory Board Act of 1961
  • International Travel and Tourism Act of 1961
Long titleAn Act to strengthen the domestic and foreign commerce of the United States by providing for the establishment of an Office of International Travel within the Department of Commerce and a Travel Advisory Board.
Acronyms (colloquial)ITA
NicknamesInternational Travel Act of 1961
Enacted bythe 87th United States Congress
EffectiveJune 29, 1961
Citations
Public law87-63
Statutes at Large75 Stat. 129-2
Codification
Titles amended22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections created22 U.S.C. ch. 31 § 2121 et seq.
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the Senate as S. 610 by Warren Magnuson (DWA) on February 16, 1961
  • Passed the Senate on February 20, 1961 (Passed)
  • Passed the House on May 17, 1961 (305-104, in lieu of H.R. 4614)
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on June 15, 1961; agreed to by the House on June 19, 1961 (Agreed) and by the Senate on June 21, 1961 (Agreed)
  • Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on June 29, 1961
United States Supreme Court cases

The Travel Act or International Travel Act of 1961, 18 U.S.C. § 1952, is a Federal criminal statute which forbids the use of the U.S. mail, or interstate or foreign travel, for the purpose of engaging in certain specified criminal acts.

The Senate legislation was passed by the 87th United States Congress and enacted into law by the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy on June 29, 1961.[1] The International Travel and Tourism Act has been amended seven times since 1961.[2]

  1. ^ "Bill signing – S-610 Act establishing the US Travel Service, 12:15PM". White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. June 29, 1961.
  2. ^ See "Notes" tab of the statute's page at Cornell LII.