To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
Latest action · May 6, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
- 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
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Feb 2, 2005 |
| Western Hemisphere Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2005 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2005 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Feb 17, 2005 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2005 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2005 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2005 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 3, 2005 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2005 |
| Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee | Referred May 6, 2005 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2005 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2005 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
- Mar 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
- Mar 2, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- Feb 25, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Feb 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Feb 2, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 2, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E137-138)
- Feb 2, 2005Referred 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.
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.
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. 109-730 | FIELD HEARING TO CONSIDER THE EFFECT OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS' OPERATION OF THE APALACHICOLA-CHATTAHOOCHEE-FLINT AND ALABAMA-COOSA- TALLAPOOSA RIVER BASINS ON GEORGIA'S AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY.105 pages | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Oct 24, 2006 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
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 |
| RL32730 | Cuba: Issues for the 109th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 19, 2006 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 208 | Great Lakes Water Quality Indicators and Monitoring Act | Related bill | Jan 31, 2005 |
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.
- Feb 2, 2005Introduced 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.