Bridges to the Cuban People Act of 2001
Latest action · Jun 19, 2002 Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-741.
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 12, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prohibits the President from prohibiting or regulating travel to or from or within Cuba by U.S. nationals or lawful resident aliens, including specified transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, financial or otherwise.
Authorizes the President to provide scholarships for Cuban nationals who seek to undertake graduate study in public health, public policy, economics, law, or other field of social science.
Authorizes the President to waive certain sanctions against, and restrictions on assistance to, Cuba, including the exclusion from the United States of certain aliens who have confiscated property in Cuba of U.S. nationals or who traffics in such property, if he determines that it will promote the peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba or will further U.S. national economic interests.
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from limiting the amount of remittances to Cuba that any U.S. person may make.
Exempts from prohibitions or restrictions on trade with Cuba the import of certain drugs, biological products, and medical devices into the United States.
Prohibits the use of funds to enforce unilateral sanctions on the export of goods and services intended for the exclusive use of children in Cuba.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2001 to Oct 3, 2001; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| R-VT | James M. Jeffords | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| R-RI | Lincoln Chafee | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| D-MN | Paul D. Wellstone | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jun 12, 2001 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jun 13, 2001 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jun 13, 2001 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Jun 18, 2001 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jun 20, 2001 | |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Jun 20, 2001 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jun 21, 2001 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Jun 29, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jul 17, 2001 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Jul 17, 2001 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jul 19, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Oct 3, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2001 |
| Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 19, 2002 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2002Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-741.
- Jun 12, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Jun 12, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6135-6136)
- Jun 12, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6135, S6136 | Christopher J. Dodd D-CT, Jeff Bingaman D-NM | Jun 12, 2001 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-741 | BRIDGES TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE ACT OF 2001, S. 101765 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | Jun 19, 2002 |
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 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2138 | Bridges to the Cuban People Act of 2001 | Related bill | Aug 8, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide the people of Cuba with access to food and medicines from the United States, to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba, to provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Bridges to the Cuban People Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Administrative procedure
- Agricultural credit
- Agricultural machinery
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Aliens
- American economic assistance
- Biotechnology
- Caribbean area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cuba
- Cubans
- Democracy
- Department of the Treasury
- Drug approvals
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational exchanges
- Embargo
- Export controls
- Export credit
- Families
- Federal aid to higher education
- Fertilizers
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foreign students
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign trade promotion
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Graduate education
- Harbors
- Health
- Higher education
- Human rights
- Import restrictions
- International Affairs
- Latin America
- Law
- Legislation
- Medical supplies
- Merchant ships
- Money
- President and foreign policy
- Right to travel
- Sanctions (International law)
- Scholarships
- Social sciences
- Torture
- Transportation and Public Works
- Visas
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
