To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
Latest action · May 5, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
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.
- IntroducedApr 9, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other specified Federal law to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba.
Permits: (1) installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cuba, including telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba; and (2) travel to and from Cuba by U.S. citizens or residents.
Requires the U.S. Postal Service to provide direct mail service to and from Cuba.
Prohibits U.S. assistance to Cuba, including assistance by the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the Commodity Credit Corporation, and any exchange, reduction, or forgiveness of Cuban debt.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 9, 2003 to Sep 9, 2003; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Original | Apr 9, 2003 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Original | Apr 9, 2003 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Apr 9, 2003 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Apr 10, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | May 13, 2003 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | May 13, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | May 14, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Jim Turner | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Sep 9, 2003 |
Committees 7
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 Apr 9, 2003 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 9, 2003 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Apr 22, 2003 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 9, 2003 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Apr 24, 2003 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 9, 2003 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred May 5, 2003 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Apr 9, 2003 |
| Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Apr 29, 2003 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 9, 2003 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Apr 9, 2003 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- Apr 29, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
- Apr 24, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Apr 22, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Apr 9, 2003Introduced in House
- Apr 9, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E711)
- Apr 9, 2003Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Financial Services, Government Reform, and Agriculture, 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.
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 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Agricultural assistance
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Aliens
- American investments
- American property in foreign countries
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Caribbean area
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Cuba
- Debt relief
- Democracy
- Development credit institutions
- Economic assistance
- Economics and Public Finance
- Embargo
- Energy
- Equipment and supplies
- Export controls
- Export finance
- Expropriation
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foreign investments
- Foreign loans
- Foreign tax credit
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government lending
- Government liability (International law)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Import restrictions
- Income tax
- Intellectual property
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- International broadcasting
- International claims
- Investment guaranty insurance
- Latin America
- Law
- Nuclear facilities
- Postal service
- President and foreign policy
- Reinsurance
- Right of property
- Right to travel
- Sanctions (International law)
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sugar
- Taxation
- Telecommunication industry
- Telephone
- Television broadcasting
- Trademarks
- Trading with the enemy
- Transportation and Public Works
- Visas
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2003Introduced in House
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.