HR 2071 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2003

Introduced May 13, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Jeff Flake R-AZ

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 13, 2003 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.

  1. IntroducedMay 13, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2003 - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting 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 90

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 13, 2003 to Jul 9, 2004, with 54 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NYAmo HoughtonOriginalMay 13, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalMay 13, 2003
R-IDC. L. (Butch) OtterOriginalMay 13, 2003
D-CACalvin M. DooleyOriginalMay 13, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMay 13, 2003
D-TXCharles W. StenholmOriginalMay 13, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMay 13, 2003
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalMay 13, 2003
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalMay 13, 2003
R-MIDave CampOriginalMay 13, 2003
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalMay 13, 2003
R-MTDenny RehbergOriginalMay 13, 2003
R-ILDonald A. ManzulloOriginalMay 13, 2003
R-KYEd WhitfieldOriginalMay 13, 2003
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalMay 13, 2003
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 13, 2003Introduced in House
  2. May 13, 2003Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 950Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003Related billNov 11, 2003

Subjects

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