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HOUSE 2404116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

United States-Cuba Relations Normalization Act

Last Action
5/20/2019

Actions

  • 2019-05-20Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  • 2019-05-16Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
  • 2019-05-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
  • 2019-04-30Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, 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.
  • 2019-04-30Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, 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.
  • 2019-04-30Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, 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.
  • 2019-04-30Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, 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.
  • 2019-04-30Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, 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.
  • 2019-04-30Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, 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.
  • 2019-04-30Introduced in House
  • 2019-04-30Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-04-30 (00)

United States-Cuba Relations Normalization Act

This bill repeals the trade embargo on Cuba and other provisions restricting trade and travel to Cuba.

The bill also (1) removes restrictions on certain transactions related to trademarks used in connection with a confiscated business or asset, (2) extends nondiscriminatory trade treatment to Cuban products, and (3) prohibits and rescinds limits on remittances to Cuba.

The President may, in relation to Cuba, impose new export controls and exercise powers related to declared national emergencies.

The bill authorizes common carriers to provide telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba. Travel by U.S. citizens and residents to Cuba may not be regulated or prohibited if such travel would be lawful in the United States.

The President shall take all necessary steps to engage with Cuba to (1) negotiate settlements relating to claims that Cuba had taken the property of U.S. nationals, and (2) secure the protection of internationally recognized human rights.

Cosponsors (16)

  • Steve Cohen (D-TN)
  • Gwen Moore (D-WI)
  • BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
  • Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
  • ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
  • Mark Pocan (D-WI)
  • Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
  • André Carson (D-IN)
  • Henry Johnson (D-GA)
  • Ro Khanna (D-CA)
  • ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
  • BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
  • Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
  • Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
  • DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
  • Jared Huffman (D-CA)

Subjects

  • Agricultural trade
  • Caribbean area
  • Cuba
  • Currency
  • Detention of persons
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Foreign and international banking
  • Government liability
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Human rights
  • Intellectual property
  • International exchange and broadcasting
  • Latin America
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
  • Property rights
  • Sanctions
  • Trade restrictions
  • Travel and tourism
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