Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2007
Latest action · Jan 24, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2007 - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel relating to: (1) accompanied personal baggage; (2) payment of living expenses and the acquisition of personal-use goods or services; (3) travel arrangements; (4) nonscheduled air, sea, or land voyage transactions (such provision does not permit the carriage of articles other than accompanied baggage into Cuba or the United States); and (5) normal banking transactions.
States that such provision does not: (1) restrict presidential authority in time of war or armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba, or of imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers; and (2) authorize U.S. importation of personal consumption goods acquired in Cuba.
Cosponsors 120
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2007 to Apr 3, 2008; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Timothy V. Johnson | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-TN | John S. Tanner | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| R-WY | Barbara Cubin | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | May 16, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Sep 19, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Apr 3, 2008 |
Withdrew 1 Paul D. Ryan R-WI Feb 15, 2007
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 Jan 24, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 24, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2612 | Charles B. Rangel D-NY | Dec 19, 2007 |
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 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 |
| RL33828 | Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 110th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 26, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 721 | Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2007 | Related bill | Mar 1, 2007 |
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
- Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2007Introduced 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.
