US HB634 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2015 Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, if such travel would be lawful in the United States, relating to: (1) accompanied personal baggage; (2) payment of living expenses and the acquisition of personal-use goods or services; (3) travel arrangements; (4) nonscheduled air, sea, or land voyage transactions (such provision does not permit the carriage of articles other than accompanied baggage into Cuba or the United States); and (5) normal banking transactions. States that such restrictions on authority shall not apply if: (1) the United States is at war with Cuba, or armed hostilities between the two countries are in progress; or (2) there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers.
Title
Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2015
Sponsors
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] | Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY] |
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI] | Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA] | Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN] | Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] |
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS] | Rep. John Conyers [D-MI] | Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN] | Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA] |
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN] | Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO] | Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN] | Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO] |
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA] | Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] | Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA] |
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ] | Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA] | Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN] | Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA] |
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI] | Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN] | Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA] | Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA] |
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR] | Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2015-02-11 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. |
2015-02-02 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
2015-02-02 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Caribbean area
Cuba
International affairs
Latin America
Travel and tourism
Caribbean area
Cuba
International affairs
Latin America
Travel and tourism
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/634/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr634/BILLS-114hr634ih.pdf |