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

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

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 26, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Jun 26, 2002
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm	Original	Jun 26, 2002
R-CT	Christopher Shays	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Jun 26, 2002
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jun 26, 2002
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Original	Jun 26, 2002
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Jun 26, 2002
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-TN	John S. Tanner	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-AR	Marion Berry	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-TX	Nick Lampson	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Jun 26, 2002
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-IN	Tim Roemer	Original	Jun 26, 2002
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-AR	Vic Snyder	Original	Jun 26, 2002
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Jun 26, 2002
R-MI	Dave Camp		Jul 15, 2002
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Jul 15, 2002
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jul 22, 2002
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Jul 22, 2002
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jul 22, 2002
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jul 22, 2002
R-NE	Tom Osborne		Jul 22, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Jun 26, 2002

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL31139	Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances Archived	Report	Dec 15, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.
Short Titles as Introduced: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 26, 2002Introduced in House

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