15 USC 9801 - Defined term

U.S Code last checked for updates: Oct 22, 2026

§ 9801.

Defined term

In this title: 1

 See References in Text note below.

(1)

COVID–19 public health emergency

The term “COVID–19 public health emergency”—

(A)

means the public health emergency first declared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 247d of title 42 with respect to COVID–19; and

(B)

includes any renewal of such declaration pursuant to such section 247d of title 42.

(2)

Music tourism

The term “music tourism” means—

(A)

the act of traveling to a State or locality to visit historic or modern day music-related attractions, including museums, studios, venues of all sizes, and other sites related to music; or

(B)

the act of traveling to a State or locality to attend a music festival, a concert, or other live musical performance or music-related special event.

(Pub. L. 117–328, div. BB, title VI, § 600, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5566; Pub. L. 119–121, § 2(d), Oct. 9, 2026, 140 Stat. 1068.)

cite as: 15 USC 9801