US Congress House Bill 873 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2013 - Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban depository institution to a U.S. depository institution in payment for a product authorized for sale under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide information and technical assistance to U.S. agricultural producers, cooperative organizations, or state agencies to promote U.S. agricultural exports products to Cuba. Authorizes the issuance of temporary entry visas to Cuban nationals to facilitate purchase of U.S. agricultural products. Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to repeal the prohibition on enforcement of rights to certain U.S. intellectual properties and such properties' transfer. 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, and any regulation restricting or prohibiting such travel shall have no effect, 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 provision shall not apply in time of war or armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba, or of imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers. Amends the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 to repeal the requirement for onsite verification of certain medical exports to Cuba. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the airport ticket tax for transportation between the United States and Cuba by $1, and (2) establish in the Treasury the Agricultural Export Promotion Trust Fund.

Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2013

Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
2013-03-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
2013-03-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
2013-02-27	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2013-02-27	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2013-02-27	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-02-27	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-02-27	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2013-02-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/873/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr873/BILLS-113hr873ih.pdf