Cuban Airport Security Act of 2016
Latest action · Sep 13, 2016 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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.
- IntroducedJul 12, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cuban Airport Security Act of 2016
This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to report to Congress on specified aspects of security measures at each of Cuba's 10 international airports. The Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress an audit of the report.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish agreements with the Government of Cuba to allow:
- the Federal Air Marshal Service to conduct missions on regularly scheduled passenger air flights between the United States and Cuba, and
- TSA inspectors to access all areas of last point of departure airports in Cuba to assess security.
No agreement, dated on or after January 1, 2016, to expand air flights between the United States and Cuba may be permitted until the report and audit have been submitted and the agreements have been established.
DHS (currently, the Department of Transportation [DOT]) shall assess the effectiveness of security standards at foreign airports and take other appropriate actions for those airports not maintaining effective security measures, including requesting DOT to suspend, without notice or a hearing, the right of an air carrier or foreign air carrier to provide foreign air transportation if passenger safety or security is threatened and the public interest requires an immediate suspension.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2016 to Jul 14, 2016; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Jul 12, 2016 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Jul 12, 2016 |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Original | Jul 12, 2016 |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Jul 14, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2016Markup Sep 13, 2016 |
| Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee | Referred Jul 22, 2016 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2016 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 13, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 22, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
- Jul 12, 2016Introduced in House
- Jul 12, 2016Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4672)
- Jul 12, 2016Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4671, H4672 | John Katko R-NY, Richard Hudson R-NC | Jul 12, 2016 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 17, 2016H.R. 5728, Cuban Airport Security Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 13, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 112, July 12, 2016, page H4815.
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 |
| R43926 | Cuba: Issues and Actions in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 18, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3289 | Cuban Airport Security Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 6, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit scheduled passenger air transportation between the United States and Cuba until a study has been completed regarding security measures and equipment at Cuba's airports, to amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the role of the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding security standards at foreign airports, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Cuban Airport Security Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Aviation and airports
- Caribbean area
- Congressional oversight
- Cuba
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Transportation
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government studies and investigations
- International law and treaties
- Latin America
- Law enforcement officers
- Service animals
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation employees
- Transportation safety and security
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2016Introduced 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.
