I have decided to sign S. 233, which authorizes appropriations for the United States Travel Service.
At the beginning of the year I recommended that the Service be eliminated, for its function can and should be performed by the private sector. I have not changed my view.
I have signed S. 233, however, because the appropriations for the Travel Service have already been enacted as part of a separate bill. I will work to restructure the Federal Government's travel program in order to conform its operation with what I believe to be an appropriate Federal role in tourism promotion.
Note: As enacted, S. 233 is Public Law 96-85, approved October 10.
Jimmy Carter, United States Travel Service Appropriations Bill Statement on Signing S. 233 Into Law. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/248832