Whereas wineries and vintners in the United States contribute to the economic and cultural life of the United States; Whereas the economic contributions of wineries and vintners in the United States are significant and expansive, and are attributable to the activities of growers, suppliers, researchers, marketers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, and others; Whereas the wine industry in the United States is estimated to have directly and indirectly generated more than $219,000,000,000 for the economy of the United States in 2017; Whereas there are more than 10,000 wineries operating in all 50 States; Whereas many of those wineries are small businesses and family owned; Whereas the wine industry directly employs nearly 1,000,000 people in the United States and supports nearly 300,000 jobs in industries that supply goods and services to winegrowers and wineries; Whereas the wages earned by people directly employed by wineries and the wine industry totaled more than $33,000,000,000 in 2017; Whereas wineries and wine regions drive economic activity through the production, distribution, and sale of wine, and attract substantial tourism-related interest and spending; Whereas wine regions in the United States host more than 43,000,000 tourists and generate nearly $18,000,000,000 in tourism expenditures each year; Whereas wine tourism supported 375,000 jobs that paid more than $10,000,000,000 in wages in 2017; Whereas an American Viticultural Area (referred to in this preamble as an AVA ) is a designated wine-growing region in the United States that has distinguishing features that affect viticulture, including climate, geology, soil, physical features, and elevation; Whereas 2018 marks the 40 th anniversary of the publication of the Decision of the Department of the Treasury to establish the AVA designation system; Whereas the first AVA was approved on June 20, 1980, in Augusta, Missouri; Whereas the State of Missouri— (1) has a history of wine production that dates back to the first half of the 19 th century