HR 5022 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2002

Introduced Jun 26, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Jeff Flake R-AZ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 26, 2002 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 26, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2002 - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting, directly or indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of specified transactions incident to such travel.

Declares that: (1) this prohibition does not authorize the importation into the United States of any goods for personal consumption acquired in Cuba; and (2) the restrictions on authority contained in this Act do not apply in a case in which the United States is at war with Cuba, armed hostilities between the two countries are in progress, or there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2002 to Jul 22, 2002, with 30 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalJun 26, 2002
R-IDC. L. (Butch) OtterOriginalJun 26, 2002
D-CACalvin M. DooleyOriginalJun 26, 2002
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJun 26, 2002
D-TXCharles W. StenholmOriginalJun 26, 2002
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalJun 26, 2002
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalJun 26, 2002
R-WAGeorge R. Nethercutt Jr.OriginalJun 26, 2002
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalJun 26, 2002
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalJun 26, 2002
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalJun 26, 2002
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 26, 2002
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalJun 26, 2002
R-MOJo Ann EmersonOriginalJun 26, 2002
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalJun 26, 2002
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Actions 2

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  1. Jun 26, 2002Introduced in House
  2. Jun 26, 2002Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Subjects

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