Cuba Reconciliation Act
Latest action · Feb 27, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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 4, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cuba Reconciliation Act
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 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.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2015 to Jun 21, 2016, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Feb 4, 2015 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 6, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 6, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 6, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Mar 6, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jun 21, 2016 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Feb 6, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Feb 4, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 4, 2015Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Oversight and 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Agricultural trade
- Caribbean area
- Cuba
- Foreign and international banking
- Income tax credits
- Intellectual property
- International Affairs
- International exchange and broadcasting
- Latin America
- Postal service
- Sanctions
- Taxation of foreign income
- Trade restrictions
- Travel and tourism
- U.S. and foreign investments
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2015Introduced in House
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